三人行，必有我师(焉)

语法
Direction words: 朝 vs 向 vs 往
https://mandarinbean.com/chao-vs-xiang-vs-wang/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22chao%22_%22xiang%22_and_%22wang%22

词汇
费, fee/cost; 费用, costs/expenses; 交费, pay; 浪费, waste; 收费, collect fees; 消费, consumption; 学费, tuition ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
那时候我一转身，看见她朝我看, I turned around and saw her looking at me
所以我向大家提出动议罢免赵云澜, so I propose to everyone a motion to depose Zhao Yunlan
跟着我的声音一步一步往前走, walk forward step by step in accordance with my voice
别白费心思了, stop worrying over nothing

Me:
小猫一看她往跑过来。
你建议的旅游的费用什么样？

语法
S + 向/朝 + IO + V "targeting X" (part c)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22chao%22_%22xiang%22_and_%22wang%22

词汇
药, drug; 药店, pharmacy; 药片, pill; 药水, liquid medicine ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
我向你保证，我绝对不会做不利于赵云澜的事情, I guarantee you I will never do anything that's bad for Zhao Yunlan
我一定向你道歉, I have to apologize to you
你先把粥喝了然后把药吃了, first eat your congee and then take your medicine

Me:
别这样朝我笑了，我不觉得有趣。
你睡觉之前别忘记吃药啊。

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
一向 + predicate, "has always been X"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22since_the_beginning%22_with_%22yixiang%22

词汇
斤, a jin, half a kilogram; 公斤, a kilogram ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
我一向很能忍, I've always been capable of enduring
我大庆一向自由惯了, I, Da Qing, have always been accustomed to freedom
成年之后的平均体重在四百公斤以上, their adult weight averages over 400 kg.

Me:
从小我一向喜欢看书。
这份工作很辛苦，条件包括要能拿上20公斤。

语法
向 "toward" (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22towards%22_with_%22xiang%22

词汇
中, middle; also 中国, China; 中间, middle; 中文, Chinese; 中午, noon; 中学, middle school [I've also seen this as 初中?]; 中学生, middle schooler ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

Introductory grammar, day 115


Guardian:
我一定向你道歉, I have to apologize to you
犯人向南跑了, the criminal ran to the south
原来在你眼中的世界是这样的, is this always the way the world looks in your eyes?

Me:
从火车站向前走，我家在左边。
中学生的问题很有意思。