三人行，必有我师(焉)

语法
想 (want/think/miss) vs 要 (want/need/going to) vs 想要 (want)
https://mandarinbean.com/xiang-vs-yao-vs-xy/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22yao%22_and_%22xiang%22

词汇
创新, innovate; 创业, carve out/start a business; 创造, create; 创作, literary creation ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
我想她没有要叛徒你们, I think she isn't going to betray you
我要改造这个世界, I want to remake this world
龙城已经没有我想要的那片星空了, Dragon City doesn't have the night sky I want any more

Me:
让我想想，我要找个办法了。
他的创作很受欢迎。

语法
原来 （+ 是） + fact "So it was X all along/turns out to be X" (part d)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22benlai%22_and_%22yuanlai%22

词汇
想到, think of/have at heart; 想法, idea/opinion; 想起, call to mind; 理想, ideal ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
原来是想看我自露马脚, so all along you wanted to see me give myself away
原来在你眼中的世界是这样的, so that's what the world looks like through your eyes
果然这读书人跟我们粗人的想法就是不一样啊, naturally as a scholar your ideas aren't the same as us ordinary mortals

Me:
原来是这样啊，听到你解释我终于懂了。
我就算努力也不能想起来他的脸。

If you haven't noticed the preceding post (question on Chinese textbooks/courses) and have some ideas, take a look!

语法
想 + V + 就 + V "if you want to X, then X" (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22as_one_likes%22_with_%22jiu%22
(this is glossed as "as one likes," with 就, but I feel like 想 covers the "likes" part and 就 is just doing its normal (?) "then," "→" thing)

词汇
打工, to work; 打算, plan (or "be going to"); 打印, to print ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/
(Googling suggests that 打工 refers to a part-time/casual job, so you wouldn't use it for long-term/full-time work???)

Guardian:
你要是觉得我罩不住特调处，想走就走, if you think I can't keep the SID covered, then if you want to go, go.
打印出来一样很好看呀, it looks just as good as a printed one
当时把他带到这儿来还确实有让他做内线的打算, bringing him here then was indeed a plan to have him be a spy on the inside

Me:
想吃就吃，但是明天就算有胃疼的话也不该给我抱怨。
她夏天打算在博物馆打工。

语法
要 vs 想
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing_%22yao%22_and_%22xiang%22
(There’s a lot on this page, but it’s mostly review, and also this is the last of the A2 grammar points, so I’m just dumping it all here for our edification)

词汇
南, south, 南边, south side ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

Guardian:
你快回来吧，我好想你, come back soon, I miss you
还有什么想要说的吗? is there something else you want to say?
龙城大学在城北，案发现场在城南, Dragon City University is in the north of the city, the incident scene is in the south.


Me:
Obvious but irresistible illustration of 想 + noun (miss) vs 想 + verb (want):
突然好想你，你会在哪里… vs 我只想做你的太阳…

我的牵牛花在南边就太晒太阳了，要把它们放在北边。

想, would like to do something
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22would_like_to%22_with_%22xiang%22

I decided that following up 会, can, immediately with 会，will, would be just too confusing all around. Another day!

想 can, as I understand it, also have to do with "thinking" in context, but this one is for "wanting to...".

Guardian:
你想说的我都知道 (Zhao Yunlan: I know everything you want to say, I know exactly what you mean)
这个也很好啊，衣服真漂亮。我想给我女朋友买一件儿 (Zhao Yunlan: This one is really nice too, it's pretty. I'd like to buy my girlfriend one. *ahem*)
我只想听你讲实话。（Zhao Yunlan: I just want to hear you tell the truth. Good luck, honey...)

My practice:
他只想做我们的太阳 (shamelessly stolen from song lyrics)
跟我来，我想跟你聊一聊。

(Also please take a look at the previous post talking about 得!)