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Secrets to Learning Chinese

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ID: 2496 Upper Intermediate
If you live in China, learning Chinese may be a popular topic of discussion when you get together with your other foreign friends. What obstacles do you face and how do you plan to overcome them? In this lesson find out what others are saying about secrets to learning Chinese.
Mon Jul 28 2014 | Jenny, David
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
到齐 dàoqí to be all present
传授 chuánshòu to impart, to pass on
秘诀 mìjué secret, key
瓶颈 píngjǐng bottleneck
大家都到齐啦！我来介绍一下，这位是我同事汤姆。他中文超厉害的，已经通过HSK六级了！而且已经有好几年的翻译经验了。
dàjiā dōu dàoqí la ！wǒ lái jièshào yīxià ，zhè wèi shì wǒ tóngshì tāngmǔ 。tā Zhōngwén chāo lìhai de ，yǐjīng tōngguò HSK liùjí le ！érqiě yǐjīng yǒu hǎo jǐ nián de fānyì jīngyàn le 。
Everyone's present! Let me introduce my colleague Tom. His Chinese is super awesome. He has already passed HSK level 6! And he already has quite a few years experience translating.
这么牛啊！快给我们传授传授你的学习秘诀吧！我老记不住生词，这边学完那边就忘了。我都学了三、四年了，现在说一句话还要想半天，生怕自己说错了，或者声调不对，别人会笑话。
zhème niú ā ！kuài gěi wǒmen chuánshòu chuánshòu nǐ de xuéxí mìjué ba ！wǒ lǎo jì bùzhù shēngcí ，zhèbiān xué wán nàbiān jiù wàng le 。wǒ dōu xué le sān 、sì nián le ，xiànzài shuō yī jù huà hái yào xiǎng bàntiān ，shēngpà zìjǐ shuō cuò le ，huò zhě shēngdiào bù duì ，biérén huì xiàohuà 。
So awesome! Pass on to us your study secrets! I can never remember new words. Once I finish studying one thing, I forget the other. I have already studied for three or four years and before I say something I still have to think for quite a while. I fear that if I make a mistake or if my tones are not correct, that others will laugh at me.
我现在好像遇到学习的一个瓶颈了。这段时间我总觉得我的中文水平一直在原地踏步，不知道怎么突破这个瓶颈。真是郁闷啊！
wǒ xiànzài hǎoxiàng yùdào xuéxí de yī gè píngjǐng le 。zhè duàn shíjiān wǒ zǒng juéde wǒ de Zhōngwén shuǐpíng yīzhí zài yuándìtàbù ，bù zhīdào zěnme tūpò zhè ge píngjǐng 。zhēn shì yùmèn ā ！
It seems like now I have reached a learning plateau. Lately I always feel that my Chinese level has been at a standstill and I don't know how to break through this bottleneck. It's so depressing!
我喜欢写汉字，但是总记不住笔画顺序，而且写得东倒西歪的。愁死我了！
wǒ xǐhuan xiě hànzì ，dànshì zǒng jì bùzhù bǐhuàshùnxù ，érqiě xiě de dōngdǎoxīwāi de 。chóu sǐ wǒ le ！
I like to write Chinese characters, but I always forget the stroke order and write them askew. It really worries me!
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