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语法
Compound sentence patterns
https://mandarinbean.com/compound-sentence-patterns-4/

词汇
排, 安排, arrange; 排名, rank ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
地君的冠冕一旦戴上就会不死不休地工作, once you put on the king's crown you will work for ever
您要是没事的话，我就先走了, if you're all right I'll be on my way
赵处也给没安排什么人物, Chief Zhao hasn't given me any work

Me:
除非下雪我们才能放假。
她对人家的排名不感兴趣。

nnozomi

语法
Future tenses: (快)(就)要...了
https://mandarinbean.com/yao-le/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22about_to_happen%22_with_%22le%22

词汇
等待, to wait for (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
那个四眼的眼神你注意到了吗，有几次我感觉都快要刺进我身体里了, did you see the way that four-eyes looked at us? I thought a few times it was going to pierce right into my body
我再找不到，我这个月的奖金就要被扣光了, if I don't find it, my bonus for this month will be cut
黑袍大人已经控制住了局面，就在殿里等待两位, the Lord Envoy has already gotten the situation under control and awaits the two of you at the palace

Me:
外面这么闷热，我快要疯了啊。
你等待，明天会更好。

nnozomi

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。

nnozomi

成语
冷酷无情, cold-hearted and unfeeling (lit. cold, cruel, without feeling)
网开一面, lenient, to give an opponent a way out (lit. to open one side of the net, going back to the Xia Dynasty)*
秋后算账, to settle the score at a suitable time (lit. to settle accounts after autumn; accounts seem to vary on whether prisoners were executed in autumn or farmers did their books after harvest)
( pinyin )
*It looks like if anyone wants to study Chinese idioms in Japanese through Nirvana in Fire, you can do that here!

词汇
只, only; 只能, can only; 只要, as long as (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
看来黑袍使大人并不像他看上去那么冷酷无情, it seems the Lord Envoy isn't as cold-hearted as he appears
怎么就对咱们老大网开一面, no way is he going to show leniency to our boss
该不会是秋后算账吧, isn't he just waiting for the right time to settle accounts?
只要你多看多听多学，你自然就懂的多了, as long as you see, hear, and learn a lot, you will naturally come to understand more

Me:
别说不能吃巧克力，这么冷酷无情啊。
这样的规则的话，我们只能看样子。

nnozomi

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

词汇
要求, requirement; 不要, don't; 就要/快要, be about to; 只要, as long as; 主要, main ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
迎来送往, we greet people and send them off.
你们就按照我的要求去找吧, look for something according to my requirements
等大事了结之后，恩人有任何的要求我都会尽量满足的, after the war is over, I will do everything I can to satisfy my benefactor's every requirement.

Me:
不能开往那里，这条路是单行道吧。
我的要求真的是那么难得吗？

nnozomi

语法
宁可 + V1 + 也要 + V2 "rather do X if it means getting to do Y" (bottom of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22would_rather%22_with_%22ningke%22

词汇
午餐, lunch; 午睡, nap ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
[no examples today, other than various 上午/下午]

Me:
我宁可感觉冷也要可以继续滑冰。
他上午去打网球，回家以后这样午睡了。

nnozomi

语法
要 + V + 就 + V ”so you want to do X, so do X"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Conditions_with_%22yao%22_and_%22jiu%22

词汇
停, stop; 停车, park (a car); 停车场, parking lot ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
[no 要...就 that I can find, although there probably are some; searching Word with regex is beyond my capacities]
停车，你先去，我得回去一趟, stop the car, you go ahead, I have to go back for something

Me:
要吃一块巧克力就吃呀，不是那么罪恶。
他们在停车场吵架了。

nnozomi

语法
要我说 "as by me/if you ask me" (bottom of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22if%E2%80%A6_then%E2%80%A6%22_with_%22yaoshi%22

词汇
送到, sent to; 送给, give to ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
[no 要我说]
早把他送到龙城医院烧伤科了, he's already been sent to the burns unit of Dragon City Hospital
我有一个情报送给你, I have some information to give you.

Me:
要我说，这个故事里的真的英雄是他。
我已经送到了你的礼物。

nnozomi

语法
要不是 + S + V "if it weren't for X..." (middle of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22if%E2%80%A6_then%E2%80%A6%22_with_%22yaoshi%22

词汇
司机, driver; 公司, company ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
要不是今天早上他顺口说了一句，我还以为这小子行大运了被您调到特调处了, if he hadn't told me about it this morning, I would still be under the impression that you had been kind enough to transfer him to the SID
要不是担心你，谁愿意来这种鬼地方, if not for being worried about you, what would I be doing in this goddamn place?
朱豪，男，四十岁，出租车司机, Zhu Hao, male, age 40, taxi driver

Me:
要不是今天下雨了，我去了一趟跑步。
你必须告诉司机你想去的地址。

nnozomi

语法
要是 + S1 + V1 + S2 + 就 + V2 "if X, then Y" (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22if%E2%80%A6_then%E2%80%A6%22_with_%22yaoshi%22

词汇
说明, explain; 比如说, for example; 听说, hear about; 小说, novel ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
你要是帮我解决了这个麻烦，我写个角色给你, if you help me resolve this trouble, I'll write you a role [in my novel]
你要是不愿意的话，就当我什么都没说, if you don't want me to, I won't say anything
那是不是就说明我是你唯一适应的人, does this explain I'm the only person who's right for you?

Me:
要是不下雨的话，我们就去见你。
你能不能说明这个情况？

nnozomi

语法
condition + （要）不然 + result "X, otherwise Y" (part b; why is this listed under 除非 again...?)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22unless%22_with_%22chufei%22

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

Guardian:
看来赵处长是有眉目了，要不然哪有时间到我们学校来参观, it seems you have something in mind, Chief Zhao, otherwise how would you have the time to come and observe our school?
我已经明确地告诉过你不要过多地接近圣器，要不然黑能量它会, I have already clearly told you not to approach the Hallows too closely, otherwise the dark energy will--
赵处长，我跟你说过，不要过多地使用圣器, Chief Zhao, I have told you not to use the Hallows too much (Shen Wei making the same point in two different personas with two different grammar points)

Me:
咱们最好不要多聊，要不然我会错过火车。
你会不会使用这个工具？

nnozomi

语法
只要 + (S1 +) V1, (S2 +）就 + V2 "as long as X, then Y"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22as_long_as%22_with_%22zhiyao%22

词汇
生, give birth/be born; 生词, new word; 生活, life; 一生, all one's life; 出生, birth( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
不管事情的大小，只要你想到就告诉我们, it doesn't matter how big, if you think of anything tell us
只要你过得好我就放心了, as long as you're doing okay I'll relax
只要特调处存在一天，我们地星人就永远都不可能安心地生活在这里, as long as the SID exists for even one day, we Dixingren cannot live here with peace of mind

Me:
只要他能喝杯咖啡，就会满足生活。
你在哪里出生了？

nnozomi

语法
Adjective + 得 + 很/不得了/要命/不行, "incredibly X"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Advanced_degree_complements

词汇
取, take; 取得, acquire (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
其实自私得不得了, actually it's very selfish
智商低得不行, dumb as a post
既然是昆仑给我取的名字我当然喜欢了, since it's you, Kunlun, who allowed me to take [or less literally, "gave me"] the name, of course I like it

Me:
上周闷热得不行，这周还可以。
你必须去事务所取得文件。

mekare

So, I am on day 115 of doing Duolingo Chinese and I think finally feel ready to check out some vocab posts here ^^ I didn‘t expect to stick to learning since I started super casually, but let‘s say Duolingo seems to be working for me.

I have also signed up for a beginner level A1 course to finally be able to talk to real people (hopefully) and ask specific questions. The course description says beginners with some prior knowledge and course topics will include introducing family members and ordering food. Both are topics I have covered in Duolingo before, but I‘m hoping to practise some writing and learn more vocab.

Some sentences on my current level:

我要面。
我吃饭也吃面。
我不喝冰茶。

Regarding 要， is there a more polite way to phrase that? So far I have learned nothing about register on the app.

nnozomi

语法
要不是 + X (+的话), "if not for X..." in the subjunctive (X did happen)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22if_it_were_not_for%22_with_%22yaobushi%22

词汇
卖, sell; 外卖, takeout/delivery ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
要不是担心你，谁愿意来这种鬼地方, if it hadn't been for worrying about you, who would be willing to come to a place like this?
要不是今天早上他顺口说了一句，我还以为这小子行大运了被您调到特调出了, if he hadn't happened to say something this morning, I would still think the boy had been assigned to the SID by you
卖水果还真是屈了才了, selling fruit was really a waste of his talents

Me:
要不是你帮我的话，做这个作业花了三倍的时间。
我今天累了啊，别去在外面吃饭而吃外卖吧。

nnozomi

语法
顺便 (说/问/打听) 一下, "by the way" (bottom of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22while_you%27re_at_it%22_with_%22shunbian%22

词汇
就要, be about to (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
顺便问一句，你们有没有听说过昆仑这个名字, by the way, have you ever heard the name Kunlun?
一万年了，我的时代就要降临了, after ten thousand years, my era is about to begin.

Me:
顺便说一下，你有没有看过我的眼镜？
她就要来了，你马上把你的房间干净。

nnozomi

语法
要么 X，要么 Y "either X or Y"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22either..._or...%22_with_%22yaome%22

词汇
对, facing/opposite/answer; 对话, dialogue; 对面, opposite side ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
要么我给你公布，要么你自个公布, either I make it public for you or you do it yourself
要么像个丧家之犬一样继续苟且偷生，要么计划达成正大光明地阳光下活着, either you go on living a half-life like a pathetic dog [?], or the plan succeeds and you live upright under the sun
这对面是个座机, the opposite number is a landline.

Me:
你选择吧，要么带伞，要么淋湿感冒了。
对话就是非常重要。

nnozomi

（不好意思啊，评论回复以后一定会，现在我忙死了）

语法
要看/得看 for "X depends on Y" (bottom of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22it_depends%22_with_%22kan%22

词汇
安静, quiet; 安全, safe/secure; 平安, safe and sound; 晚安, good night; 一路平安, have a safe trip ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Introductory grammar, day 131

Guardian:
具体的效果要看你追寻记忆的心底有多么迫切, the specific effects depend on how urgent you really feel about the memories you are seeking [sort of]
你一定要平安回来, you have to come back safely
注意安全, be safe

Me:
不太安静的林静他为什么叫静呢。
我吃不吃得看肚子的情况。

nnozomi

语法
要看 and 得看, "depends on" (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22it_depends%22_with_%22kan%22

词汇
爱情, love; 爱人, lover; 可爱, cute ( pinyin )

nnozomi

语法
Double measure word (+ 都） "every ~"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Reduplication_of_measure_words

词汇
要, want (/need/am going to) (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

Introductory grammar, day 87

Guardian:
我这不用看，我都知道你们个个肯定愁眉苦脸的, I don't need to see, I can tell you're all looking down in the mouth.
我就不信我次次都输给他, I don't believe I'll lose to him every time.
我要让你明白为自己的家人而牺牲，值！, I want you to understand that sacrificing for your family is worth it!

Me:
最近我天天午睡，太不好。
去美术馆的时候，你要看什么样的画？

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