Lessons in Learning Chinese: Yangyang Cheng

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Today we are thrilled to talk with Chinese teacher Yangyang Cheng, founder of Yoyo Chinese, and host of one of the most popular Chinese teaching Youtube channels (with over 4 million views!)

If you like learning Chinese with interesting …

No Nonsense Newbie Tips: Four 喜欢 Alternatives

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In this installment of No Nonsense Newbie Tips, we want to help our readers escape the 喜欢 (xǐ huan) rut.

Found in chapter 1 of all beginner textbooks, 喜欢 is an easy catch all for anything and everything. 中国菜? 喜欢。

Lessons in Learning Chinese: Greg Bell

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Today we feature Greg Bell.  Originally from New Jersey, he went to college in Michigan, then proceeded half way around the world to  Taiwan, where he is now studying for his Master’s degree in history.  He discusses his adventures …

FluentU Launching Public Beta in 3 Days!

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Since announcing our planned beta launch less than two short weeks ago, we have welcomed hundreds of new users, uploaded dozens of new videos, and been featured on some of our favorite Chinese learning blogs (all the while …

No Nonsense Newbie Tips:想 vs. 觉得

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In the next installment of our No Nonsense Newbie Tips, lets examine another important distinction long giving Chinese learners grief.

Like “I know“, “I think” is one of the very first phrases learned when studying a foreign language