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Brief Lesson Summaries
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Our lessons contain natural communication in Chinese in video and audio format. We have have lessons focused on video or a podcast format and our lessons have transcripts of Lesson Dialogues, Important Vocabulary, Expanded Materials for a deep dive into the lesson topic and Exercises focused on testing your retention.
Detailed Vocabulary
Each lesson has it's unique vocabulary and will provide you with definitions and recordings so you can practice the pronunciation. You will also be able to grasp the core material of a lesson at a glance. Here we're showing you the Simplified Chinese version.
SIMPLIFIED
PINYIN
ENGLISH
寻觅
xúnmì
to seek
冷清
lěngqīng
cold and cheerless
凄惨
qīcǎn
bleak
戚戚
qīqī
sorrowful
寻寻觅觅,冷冷清清,凄凄惨惨戚戚。
xúnxúnmìmì,lěnglěngqīngqīng,qīqīcǎncǎn qīqī。
Endlessly searching, in the cold of desolation, a tragic tortured wretch.
乍暧还寒时候,最难将息。
zhà nuǎn huán hán shíhou,zuì nán jiāngxí。
With the warm and cold spells of the season, it's hard to look after one's health.
How can the little remaining wine protect from the biting evening wind.
雁过也,正伤心,却是旧时相识。
yàn guò yě,zhèng shāngxīn,quèshì jiùshí xiāngshí。
Geese fly by, the coincidence stirs up heartache, my old acquaintances.
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