Or buy the Pimsleur audio CDS and snag an Oxford Mandarin Dictionary.
Also, try getting a book on writing as well. The stroke directions and sequences are actually a bit important.
My Chinese still looks like a 5-year old having a seizure while drawing random shapes.
The weakest of all weak things is a virtue that has not been tested in the fire.
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Everyone has a plan until they’ve been hit.
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