三人行，必有我师(焉)

成语
不得已而为之 to have no choice but to do something
取而代之 to supplant, to do something in someone's stead
为虎作伥 to help a villain do evil (lit. to be the tiger's accomplice)
( ”pinyin” )

词汇
念, read (?); 概念/观念, concept; 纪念, anniversary ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
有时候一个棋手不得已而为之, there are times when a weiqi player has no other choice
原来取而代之是这个意思啊, so that's what supplanting meant
既然夜尊已经夺权，你甘心为虎作伥, given that Ye Zun has already seized power, you willingly worked with him
所以我念在你利用能力是为了保护大家，不是为了残害无辜的人, so I read in your use of power that it is to protect everyone, not to harm the innocent

Me:
你去嫁给王子，我取而代之去遇到大龙。
你能不能念心？

(Don't miss yesterday's post about older pronunciations in song lyrics!)

语法
S + 为 + goal/purpose + 而 + effort "for the sake of X"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Explaining_purpose_with_%22wei..._er...%22

词汇
早餐, breakfast; 早晨, morning; 早就, long since ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
你究竟为何而来啊, what the hell did you come here for?
他是为了救我而死, he died to save me
我早就猜到你们认识, I guessed a long time ago that you two knew each other

Me:
就算不能在你身旁，也要奋力为你而发光 🎵
你怎么起床得这么晚，我们早就吃完早餐。

语法
所谓 + (的 +) noun phrase "so-called X"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22so-called%22_with_%22suowei%22

词汇
为, by; 为什么, why; 成为, become; 认为, think; 行为, behavior; 以为, think [wrongly]; 因为, because ( pinyin )

语法
为了 X, "for the purpose of/in order to ~"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_purpose_with_%22weile%22

词汇
低, low (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
我帮你们是为了自己的目的，不是为了当你们的走狗, I'm helping you lot for my own purposes, not to be your lackey
为了治我的眼睛你到底都做了什么？ just what the hell did you do in order to heal my eyes?
可低温冻死这就是第二十九章的内容, death from freezing comes up in Chapter 29

Me:
为了练习中文会话，我跟朋友在网上聊天。
就这个地方地面很低，所以夏天非常热。