Day 2: Wed, 2/24/21
- Say 我不知道要不要/是不是 （not 如果）
- 本命年 when the year is the same animal as your birth year
- 星座 Zodiac
- 出风头 show off
- 浣熊 (huan4 xiong2) raccoon
Facts from breakout room partner
- 佛教(fo2 jiao4, Buddhism)：七宝（seven treasures）
- 爱情，zhi shi (姿势?)
- 好玩的故事：菩萨（pu2 sa4, Buddha）妈怀孕 (huai2 yun4) 的时候，看见了白像
Grammar: 被
- Harry Potter （被）翻译成中文了
- 这本书被我妈写的 is more like mom defaming, writing all over a book
- 我的书给拿走了 can drop the doer
Day 3: Fri, 2/26/21
- 扭 (sounds like 牛) 转乾坤: twist and turn; the world; this year we’ll make big changes
- 牛气冲天: the sky is filled with 牛气(好牛 = 很棒, new slang)
- 好二 = 很招高 bad
- 汤圆 sounds like 团圆, circular
- 饺子 sounds like 交子, looks like 古代的钱
- 末 (not 未 future)，初
- 聚会/聚头 reunite (friends)
- 亲族 (celebrate) inherently means happy, 热闹
- 长辈 generation above me
- 买礼物的买礼物 many people action 的 action, all doing different things
- place + verb + 满 (e.g. 站满)
- Next week we’ll talk about 着 durative aspect, existence, manner