Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago

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Here are 5 things I wish I knew before I started learning Mandarin as well as a little 5 month update.
I'm only about 5 months into a journey so these aren't anything ground breaking but I thought i'd share some thoughts so far.

0:00 Intro
1:02 Chinese is easier than you think
2:05 Pinyin is not your enemy
3:35 Chinese anime exists
3:56 Traditional vs simplified
5:17 Practicing recall and not just recognition
6:34 outro

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