三人行，必有我师(焉)

语法
Directional complements 上/下，来/去，起来
https://mandarinbean.com/the-directional-complement-5/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Direction_complement

词汇
票价, ticket price; 邮票, postage stamp ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
我想起来了, I've figured it out
只有不怕死才能活下去, you can only go on living if you don't fear death
直播之后民众都平静了下来, since the livestream the people have calmed down
[no 票 of this kind]

Me:
我好不容易让他去看医生，以后他的症状好起来了些。
去冲绳的票价太贵了吧，并且我不想要去游泳。

语法
More directional complements
https://mandarinbean.com/extended-uses-of-the-directional-complement-3/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Direction_complement

词汇
浪费, waste (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
把你的面具摘下来, take off your mask
连老楚都能猜出个七八成的, even Lao Chu can guess pretty closely
你真是的干妈，这么浪费呀？这不是浪费，是浪漫, what are you doing, wasting so much [money]? this isn't waste, it's romance

Me:
你又忘了锁上门，小心一点。
我们需要降低浪费。

语法
Words for "around" in various senses: 左右, 前后, 上下
https://mandarinbean.com/zuoyou-vs-qianhou-vs-shangxia/

词汇
会议, meeting; 会员, member(ship); 社会, society; 体会, experience; 演唱会, concert ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
身高大概一米八左右, height of about 180cm
如果一个人在感染前后都是一个熊样，那是不是就说明他光荣正确伟大，没有任何的缺陷？ if a person is the same before and after the contagion, does that mean he's upright and laudable with no faults?
否则社会秩序会立即崩溃的, otherwise the social order would immediately collapse

Me:
我三点左右到那里，你能不能在火车站接给我？
这个会议太长了吧，无聊死我了。

成语
薪火相传 passing knowledge/skills to the next generation (lit. logs aflame are passed on to the next)
贵在知心 knowing one another is what’s important
下不为例 just this once, not to become a precedent
( ”pinyin” )

词汇
安排, arrange; 安装, install; 保安, security guard/public security; 不安, uneasy ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian：
这就叫做薪火相传, that’s what’s called passing the torch
两个朋友之间贵在知心, between two friends what’s important is understanding each other
天不怕地不怕的赵云澜什么时候连枪的胆子都没有了？下不为例。 Since when is Zhao Yunlan, who fears nothing in heaven or earth, afraid of a gun? –It won’t happen again.
咱们先安排一下任务, let’s arrange duties to start with

Me:
下不为例，你可以借用我的手机。
我一个人不会安装电脑。

成语
上梁不正下梁歪 bad superiors make bad subordinates
出生入死 risk your life
周而复始 come full circle
( pinyin )

词汇
中餐, Chinese food; 中级, intermediate; 中年, middle-aged; 中小学, elementary and middle school; 中心, center/core; 中医, Chinese medicine; 高中, high school; 其中, among; 心中, at heart ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
上梁不正下梁歪，还不是你惯的？ if the boss ain't right, his juniors won't be either, and anyway aren't you used to it?
他这么年轻就带着你们出生入死的，其实他更不放松, he's so young to be leading all of you through such risks, he's even less relaxed [than you]
日晷一天转一圈，日头就东升西落，周而复始象征着生生不息, the sundial goes around once a day, the sun rises in the east and goes down in the west, the full circle symbolizes fruitfulness
龙城是大都会，文化枢纽，交通重镇，经济中心。我在说什么，我？Dragon City is a major city, an axis of culture, a transportation hub, an economic center. What am I even saying?

Me:
我曾经的学生现在是自己成为老师的，周而复始。
我们中年人不会那么艰难的锻炼。

（不好意思，我有点感冒了，以后有更活力的时候会回复评论）

语法
S + 不仅/不但/不只 + X，而且/还/也 + Y "not only X but also Y"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Many_types_of_%22not_only..._but_also...%22

词汇
下 (measure word); 下雪, to snow; 下周, next week; 放下, put down; 接下来, next; 零下, below zero; 留下, stay/remain; 以下, below ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
原来他不仅住在我们家小区，还跟我是对门, he not only lives in our neighborhood, he's across the hall
我不只看见了，我还把它给拍下来呢, I didn't just see it, I recorded it
刚才那有光闪了一下, it just gave a flash of light

Me:
怎么回事，你不仅喝完了茶，你还没买新的呢？
在这里一整年不下雪。

语法
S + 被 + doer + 给 + V + 了, "X was Yed by Z" (bottom of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_passive_voice_with_%22gei%22
(Now this at least has 被 in it to make life easier)

词汇
零下, below zero (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
你会被大风给催拆的, you're going to be broken by a high wind
龙城的冬天都都零下好几度了, winters in Dragon City are well below zero
现在已经零下10度了, it's already 10 below zero.

Me:
他被妈妈给骂了。
现在零下的天气听起来好像跟天堂一样啊。

语法
V + 不下去(了), “can’t go on doing ~” (bottom of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Result_complement_%22-xiaqu%22

词汇
长, long (pinyin in tags)
(same character as the one for “grow” or “chief/head,” but those are zháng, so I’m separating them)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
我那儿已经快待不下去了, I can’t stay there any more
就算我不说，你这也看不下去吧, even if I don’t mention it, you can’t bear to look at it any longer either, right?
这么长时间我都没发现原来校长是你爷爷, all this time I never realized the Chancellor was your grandfather

Me:
这个咖啡太涩了，我喝不下去了。（咖啡就是很涩？很苦？）
那条长裙对你很适合。（很合适？I always get them backward）

语法
V + # + measure word for "how many times," mostly 遍, 次, and 下 (that's a new one)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Measure_words_for_verbs
*I was going to give the 到 with repeated verbs at the bottom of yesterday's page a day to itself, but on reflection it's really the same format, just with an extra verb in front of it. Please take a look at yesterday's link as needed.

词汇
不好意思, sorry (also "embarrassed" in some contexts) ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/
More casual "sorry" as far as I know than 对不起.
*I've skipped some of the other 不 words already covered.

Guardian:
我再重复一遍我刚才说的话, I'm going to repeat what I just said one more time
我已经给过你两次机会了，I've already given you a chance twice
不好意思，开个玩笑, sorry, it was a joke.

Me:
我昨天晚上做了三次一样的梦。
不好意思，不是故意的。