“因為我想冷靜一點，我出去遛彎”， 在这里，我想你用“出去走走”更合适。“遛弯儿”一般是吃完饭后用的。“走走”可用的范围更广。

你想暂时停止学中文，这是一种想法或念头（非常口语的说法），你可以说“打消这个念头，改变这种想法”，“克服这堵（不是个）墙”这样的说法是不对的。

每个人在繁忙的时候都会有这样的想法，不如去度个假，或者去作个按摩，轻松一下。不要对自己太严格。可能你很快就改变想法了。

I am even worse. But what I am saying is sometimes maybe it’s better to take a step back. If you keeping pushing yourself too hard, you might lose interests in learning Chinese. I think it’s a good way that you are making use of this platform and soon you will see your own progress. 加油！

Jane

Is it also acceptable to say 只蛇 or must you say 条蛇 ?

Thanks

In Beijinghua, there is a word “遛弯儿” (liu4wanr1), which is a more colloquial way to say 散步 (san4bu4). 遛(liu4) means to walk. You can also say 我出去遛遛 (Wo3 chu1qu5 liu4liu5), which means I’ll go out for a walk. However, you should never say 遛 sb. It’s bad Chinese and rude(if you actually mean sth).

–Echo

Here are some examples:

领带 (ling3dai4) -tie
围巾 (wei2jin1) -scarf
项链 (xiang4lian4) -necklace
尾巴 (wei3ba1) -tail
鱼 (yu2) -fish
虫子 (chong2zi5) -worm
绳子 (sheng2zi5) -rope
规定 (gui1ding4) -rule
短信 (duan3xin4) -message
皱纹 (zhou4wen2) -wrinkle

–Echo

(I picked these up from the Yellow Bridge Dictionary)

3. ribbons
4. rivers
5. roads

For what other things is 条 used?

Lol

–Echo

In another lesson, Echo did say rather emphatically “我的巧克力” several times
when the sentence was “our chocolate” or “his chocolate”. (don’t recall
the exact sentence).

I don’t think she made the same switch in any sentence regarding pets.

Well, this is a really difficult question. Maybe chocolate, i think, because I don’t need to walk it

–Echo