三人行，必有我师(焉)

语法
"Often": 常常 vs 往往
https://mandarinbean.com/changchang-vs-wangwang/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22changchang%22_and_%22wangwang%22

词汇
好好, really good; 好奇, curious; 美好, lovely; 只好, have to ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
我们那儿的人常常叫我嵬, my people back then often called me Wei
历史可往往都是成王败寇，胜者为王, history is often written by the winners
我好奇的不是这个，是酒本身, I'm curious not about this but about the alcohol itself

Me:
我常常跟他们一起吃饭。
明天的世界会更美好。

(I almost typoed today's title as 第八失败天. That would have been going from especially auspicious to the reverse...).

成语
独来独往 a lone wolf, unsociable, a maverick (lit. coming alone, going alone)
卧虎藏龙 concealed talent (lit. couching tiger [not a typo], hiding dragon)
打草惊蛇 to give the game away, pour encourager les autres (lit. strike grass, startle snake)
( pinyin )

词汇
走过, pass by; 走进, walk in; 走开, go away ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
一珂同学她身体确实不太好，平时呢，比较喜欢独来独往, I believe Yike's health isn't very good, she usually prefers to be on her own
龙城大学还真是卧虎藏龙啊, there is certainly a lot of hidden talent at Dragon City University
就算老楚大草了惊蛇也没关系，总之呢，敌不动, it doesn't matter even if Lao Chu inadvertently tipped the enemy off, they aren't moving anyway
不对呀，这些路咱们都走过了, this isn't right, we've been down all these streets

Me:
你跟她告白之前交给她巧克力就打草惊蛇吧。
门开了啊，请随便走进。

语法
朝/向/往 + direction + V "toward X" (part a)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22chao%22_%22xiang%22_and_%22wang%22

词汇
样子, look/appearance; 那样, like that; 什么样, what kind of; 同样, same; 怎(么)样, how/how about; 这样, like this ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
那时候我一转身，看见她朝我看，然后我就晕了, I turned around, saw her looking at me, and then I fainted
老师说带我们往西北方向走, the professor said he's taking us to the northwest.
看他的样子，他是不是失恋啊？ from the way he looks, do you think he's been disappointed in love?

Me:
别看朝我，我也不知道答案。
我很担心他的样子，看起来非常累。

语法
常常 "often" vs 往往 "how things tend to be" (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22changchang%22_and_%22wangwang%22

词汇
新闻, news; 重新, again ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
我们那儿的人常常叫我嵬，说我是从山中来的, my men there often call me Wei, on account of being from the mountains
地星人他们往往有极大的破坏力, Dixingren tend to possess extremely destructive powers
好像特调处都上新闻了吗？ it looks as if the SID is in the news?

Me:
那家蛋糕店的东西往往太甜了，但我常常买的。
最近新闻只是坏事，我不想看。

语法
V + 往 + location, "~~bound"
往下 + verb, "keep on ~" (bottom of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22toward%22_with_%22wang%22
往下跳, as in the song, immediately comes to mind for the latter, but I think it's yesterday's usage with 下 as the direction, not 下 as continuing? or not??

词汇
准备, get ready (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/
[准备 is one of the words helpful across Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, respectively zhunbei, junbi, and chunbi]

Introductory grammar, day 118

Guardian:
[no 往 examples of this kind]
你们都准备好迎接历史性的结果了吗, are you all prepared for historical results?
你以为我真的就没有准备吗？ did you think I really wasn't ready?
怎么样，都准备好了吗, how are you doing, is everything [everyone?] ready?

Me:
你要坐开往京都的火车。
等一下，我还没准备。