三人行，必有我师(焉)

部首
几, table
几, table; 几, how many; 凡, ordinary; 凤, phoenix; 凭, basis ( pinyin )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=16

语法
Chapter 25 quiz: More comparatives
https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9781138651142/quizzes.php

词汇
提前, in advance; 提问, to question ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
一心只想过平凡又安稳的生活, all he wanted was an ordinary stable life
我跟你不一样, I'm not like you
他们个个儿都得提前退休了, they'd all have to resign in advance

Me:
你有看过几条凤？
你这么说，好像我是被疑者，别提问我了。

成语
洪水猛兽 terrible disasters (lit. floods and fierce beasts)
有恃无恐 to have no fear knowing that you have support
有机可乘 to have an opportunity to take advantage of
( ”pinyin” )

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

Guardian:
只因为他们是来自其它的星球，生活在不一样的地方，拥有不一样的力量，就该被当成是洪水猛兽吗, just because they come from a different planet, live in a different place, have different powers, should they be treated like natural disasters?
难怪夜尊有恃无恐的, no wonder Ye Zun was not afraid
就是因为你们的自私窝囊对彼此的态度，才让恶势力有机可乘, the forces of evil gain a foothold when you treat each other selfishly and meanly
红姐最近重视拉着我陪她去喝啤酒, lately Hong-jie is always dragging me out for a beer

Me:
能够生存就有恃无恐🎵
我不喝啤酒，对我而言味道不好。

成语
后会有期 we'll meet again
三生有幸 very fortunate (lit. the happiness of three lifetimes)
明知山有虎，偏向虎山行 to take a risk in awareness of danger (lit. to go to the mountain knowing it has tigers)
( ”pinyin” )

词汇
咖啡, coffee (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/
kāfēi

Guardian:
真的很高兴认识大家，咱们后会有期, I'm so happy to have met everyone, see you again sometime
三生有幸啊，能见...能听到您这花蜜般的声音, I'm very fortunate to see...to hear your nectar-sweet voice
明知山有虎，偏向虎山行，去找个人, let's take a knowing risk and go find them
幸亏你给我喝了一杯咖啡, luckily you gave me a cup of coffee

Me:
认识你们真的三生有幸。
他一天喝三四杯咖啡。

语法
More comparatives, with 比，有, 一样, and 不如.
https://mandarinbean.com/comparative-sentences-3/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Comparing

词汇
高速, high speed; 高速公路, expressway/highway; 跳高, high jump ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
赵处说了方式和结果一样重要, Chief Zhao said the means is as important as the end
晚公布不如早公布, better to announce it early than late
[no 高 of this kind]

Me:
在听力方面，我和你一样差。
我不想在高速公路上开车，太可怕了。

语法
Sentences of existence with 有, 着, and 是
https://mandarinbean.com/existential-sentences-1/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_existence_with_%22you%22
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Alternative_existential_sentences

词汇
调, transfer; 调查, investigation; 强调, emphasize ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
家里有药, I have medicine at home
这对面是个座机, the other end is a landline
我调查过你的档案, I have investigated your records

Me:
你的自行车停着门面，请快把它移动。
别强调我的缺点了。

语法
是 vs 有 vs 在
https://mandarinbean.com/shi-you-zai/
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Connecting_nouns_with_%22shi%22
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_existence_with_%22you%22
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_possession_with_%22you%22
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_existence_in_a_place_with_%22zai%22
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_actions_in_progress_with_%22zai%22

词汇
采取, take/adopt; 采用, put to use/adopt/employ ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
我的意思是和你在一起我不委屈, what I mean is I don't mind being with you
在那里东躲西藏的又有什么意思啊, just hiding there doesn't mean anything
你知道我才用了几分力吗, do you know what percent of my strength I used?

Me:
你在干吗，我们没有时间玩儿。
采用他就是错误了吗？

语法
跟/和/与 + topic + 有关的 + N "related to X"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22related_to...%22_with_%22you_guan_de%22

词汇
网, net; 网球, tennis; 网站, website ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
最近案子明显很多，而且和这个沈教授有关的, lately we've clearly had a lot of cases, and they're related to this Professor Shen
把图书管理所有跟圣器有关的拿过来, bring me all the books in the library that are related to the Hallows
别信网上的那些八卦消息，我可以直接告诉你们，是人, don't believe all that gossip online, I can tell you directly, they're people

Me:
跟这个问题有关的细节我不太清楚。
我的老公非常喜欢打网球，不过最近他因为腰疼不太会打。

语法
有的是, "are/have a lot of ~"
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Saying_%22a_lot%22_with_%22youdeshi%22

词汇
喊, shout (pinyin in tags)
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/
on account of 咸 is "salty" as in the flavor, I always think of 喊 as getting salty with someone...

Guardian:
[no 有的是]
你现在大声喊出来，一定能实现的, if you shout out now, it should come true
你是人类的守护神，他们却对你喊打喊杀的, you're the humans' guardian, and yet they're calling you every name under the sun

Me:
这家书店非常大，我想买的书有的是。
别对我喊了，不是我的错吧。

语法
A 有 （B） 那么（这么） adj. 吗？ is A as ~ as B/as all that? (bottom of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_comparable_degree_with_%22you%22

词汇
东北, northeast; 东方, east; 东南, southeast ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Guardian:
你认为地星人和我们真的有那么大的区别吗, do you think Dixingren are really so different from us?
真的只有这么简单吗, is it really as simple as all that?
[no 东 words, not counting 东南 as a name]

Me:
他很帅是帅，但是有你这么善良吗？
日本和中国两个都东北地方有很特别的方言。

语法
X, 后来 Y (X happened, and then Y happened)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Sequencing_past_events_with_%22houlai%22


词汇
有, to have/to exist; also 还有, also ;), 没有, not/none, 有的, some, 有名, famous, 有时(候), sometimes, 有(一)些, some, 有用, useful ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

Introductory grammar, day 95

Guardian:
但是都不对的。后来我想明白了, but they were all wrong. Afterward I figured it out.
如果有一些危险，他一定会来, if there is some danger, he will come
有的时候，一个人的心思太重, sometimes thoughts when alone are too heavy [needs a better translation but 现在我没有时间]

Me:
我几年前看了那本书，觉得非常好。后来跟作者见面的时候很开心了。
现在我们都感觉有一些郁闷。