#NatlanChineseStudy
Overall a relatively easy commission, there’s just a couple of passages that I found difficult.

Characters:
塔莫蕾 Tǎmòlěi
阿基约 Ājīyuē
阿蕾梅 Ālěiméi

We can choose between 观察力 guānchálì (observation) and 耐久力 nàijiǔlì (endurance). I chose the first one.

One thing that I found strange is that Ajiyue says it was not easy to find the training venue. The expression he uses is 好不容易才… which I thought would imply spending time and effort. But didn’t he just come up with it on the spot, like a sudden inspiration?

Another difficult sentence was:

要是不给这孩子一个准话，让她有点事情做，她说不定会一个人跑去部族外瞎鼓捣⋯

准话 zhǔnhuà means “definite message or answer”. I understand it as saying something concrete to a child. Like children need a concrete answer “we’ll do it on a set date” rather than a vague “we’ll do it later”?

As for 瞎鼓捣 xiā gǔdao, I’m not sure. It means to foolishly fiddle with something. I think I get the meaning though, she will try to figure out something on her own.

Apart from that, I added a bunch of vocab to Anki, mostly words related to training, digging and explosives.