三人行，必有我师(焉)

本周的部首
丶 part 2
为, for, to become; 主, owner, main; 举, to hold up; bonus, 丼, a bowl of food ( ”pinyin” )
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?cdqrad=3

语法
"exactly" words: 刚好，正好，恰好
https://mandarinbean.com/ganghao-qiahao-zhenghao/

词汇
区，地区，region; 区别, difference ( ”pinyin” )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-3-word-list/

Guardian:
四个数字排列组合有几十种答案，用穷举法太浪费时间了, there are dozens of ways to arrange four numbers, it's a waste of time to make efforts to come up with a way to do it
你来得正好, you came at just the right time
你认为地星人和我们真的有那么大的区别吗, do you really think there is such a difference between us and Dixingren?

Me:
刚好咱们只有两个人，费用不贵。
我和你根本没有区别。

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。

成语
刀枪不入, impervious, invulnerable, thick-skinned (lit. "swords and spears won't go in")
莅临指导, honorable guidance
心痒难搔, really wanting something, frustration (lit. "heart itch hard to scratch")
( pinyin )

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

Guardian:
你有没有见过有人可以隔空移物，刀枪不入，甚至是连外形都可以改变的案例呢, have you ever seen a person who is telekinetic, invulnerable to harm, and can even change their appearance?
我接任处长之后，这还是黑袍使首次莅临指导, this is the first time since I became chief that the Black-Cloaked Envoy has favored us with his guidance
这东西一天不到手，我就心痒难骚, each day I can't get this thing I am more frustrated.
其实真正的怪物之存在于每个人的内心里, the fact is that the true monsters only exist in people's hearts.

Me:
在超市里看看巧克力商品，我真的心痒难骚。
那不是魔术，他是真正的魔法师。

语法
正在 + V + 着 + 呢, doing X now
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_actions_in_progress_(full_form)
"It's important to remember that virtually every part of the above pattern is optional, so you're going to see all sorts of variations of it (and rarely the full form)." 用中文怎么说 facepalm?

词汇
表 or 手表, (wrist)watch; 表示, express (as in the verb, not the train) ( pinyin )
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-2-word-list/

Introductory grammar, day 150

Guardian:
对啊，我们也正在发愁呢, yes, we're worried right now
现在全世界都在看着你呢, right now the whole world is looking at you
我代表所有的受害者向你表示感谢, on behalf of all the victims let me express gratitude to you.

Me:
我正在找找呢，哪里都没有啊。
你的手表很漂亮，是不是礼物？