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Claudia KP<p>Language learning is also about different cultures, broadening minds, and opening doors to new opportunities, here and abroad. It's almost like our government wants to keep young people unskilled, especially if they're less affluent. Go figure.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/jul/01/fewer-pupils-less-affluent-english-schools-foreign-languages" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/education/2025</span><span class="invisible">/jul/01/fewer-pupils-less-affluent-english-schools-foreign-languages</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Learning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/LearningLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearningLanguages</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Languages</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/xl8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xl8</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/l10n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>l10n</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Translator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Translator</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ContentWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContentWriter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>German</span></a></p>
Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾<p>Gawd this shouldn‘t be so funny but I burst out laughing when I saw the picture. This is certainly a creative way to say something that would get you flamed on 小红书💀</p><p>The question in the post: Why doesn't everyone like the male lead of The Prisoner of Beauty?</p><p>Answer in picture: Ugly</p><p>Well, xiaohongshu is definitely helping me improve my Chinese reading in unexpected ways 🫠</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Cdrama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cdrama</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Mandarin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mandarin</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LearningLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearningLanguages</span></a></p>
Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾<p>HSK2 listening is not bad too. 35/35. </p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Mandarin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mandarin</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LearningLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearningLanguages</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a></p>
Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾<p>Did the mock test for HSK1 at Mandarin Bean and I got 20/20 for reading and 18/20 for listening which was surprising as I'm actually far better at listening lol. Am currently just reading HSK1 readers, but I think I should progress to HSK2 and stop being too comfortable at HSK1. (I know most of the vocab in HSK2 and 3, just that reading is taking me so long argh.)</p><p><a href="https://mandarinbean.com/hsk-chinese-test-online/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mandarinbean.com/hsk-chinese-t</span><span class="invisible">est-online/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Mandarin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mandarin</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LearningLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearningLanguages</span></a></p>
Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾<p>Dear gawd I know Google Translate can be dire, but man this is the most dire I've seen yet lol!</p><p>Original text:<br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/%E5%88%98%E5%AD%A6%E4%B9%89%E7%BB%88%E4%BA%8E%E5%88%87%E5%A4%A7%E5%8F%B7%E4%BA%86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>刘学义终于切大号了</span></a>#<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/%E6%BA%90%E4%BB%B2%E7%BB%88%E4%BA%8E%E5%88%87%E5%A4%A7%E5%8F%B7%E4%BA%86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>源仲终于切大号了</span></a># 《念无双》剧情的发展节奏还是很快速的呀,这次刘学义出演的源仲终于切大号了,有狐族大祭司源仲终于可以上线了! 热剧观察的微博视频</p><p>Anyway, the translation (according to Deep Seek) is:<br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Liu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Liu</span></a> Xueyi Finally Switches to His Main Account# <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Yuan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Yuan</span></a> Zhong Finally Switches to His Main Account# The plot development of A Moment But Forever is really fast-paced! This time, Liu Xueyi's character Yuan Zhong has finally switched to his main account, and the high priest of the fox tribe, Yuan Zhong, is finally making his appearance! [Hot Drama Watch's Weibo video]</p><p>"切大号" (qiē dà hào) literally means "switch to main account" - a gaming/metaphorical term referring to a character revealing their true/powerful identity. Yup, if you've seen the episode this came from you'd get it. LOL</p><p>There's a lot of slang on Weibo, and relying on Google Translate could literally get you the opposite meaning of what the poster is trying to say.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Cdrama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cdrama</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LearningLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearningLanguages</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Mandarin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mandarin</span></a></p>
Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾<p>This is like, the best test of your mastery of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Mandarin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mandarin</span></a> tones ever lol</p><p><a href="https://mandarinbean.com/tongue-twister-four-and-ten/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mandarinbean.com/tongue-twiste</span><span class="invisible">r-four-and-ten/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LanguageLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LanguageLearning</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LearningLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearningLanguages</span></a></p>
dalandan studios<p>Controversial opinion: Is it better to learn multiple languages at once or focus on just one? Share your experience 🗣️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/languagelearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languagelearning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/polygot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polygot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/learninglanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>learninglanguages</span></a></p>
Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾<p>100% 🙃 </p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LearningLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearningLanguages</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a></p>
Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾<p>The more I learn Mandarin, the more I realise I have such a bloody long way to go 😆🤣🤪☠️😭</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Mandarin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mandarin</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LearningLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearningLanguages</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TootSEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TootSEA</span></a></p>
Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾<p>Reading is my way to Chinese fluency, for real. I read a bit of my graded reader and Weibo posts every day. My motivation to find out more goss about actors and Chinese dramas is a real motivator 🤣</p><p>I still cannot express how thrilled I am that I now recognise Chinese characters enough to read a graded reader to completion! Mind you I started 2024 completely illiterate in Chinese. (Only in reading, as I can understand a good chunk of Mandarin)</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Languages</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Mandarin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mandarin</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LearningLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearningLanguages</span></a></p>
Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾<p>大师兄很帅* 💕 <br>This is evidence that I'm watching too much <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CDramas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDramas</span></a>, but I really wrote this to remind myself the difference between 师 and 帅 which is just one, tiny stroke.<br>Doesn't that drive you wild? It drives me bonkers lol.<br>Proof positive that you can learn some things by watching a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/cdrama2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdrama2024</span></a> </p><p>*Senior brother is very handsome.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LearningLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearningLanguages</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Mandarin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mandarin</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LearningChinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearningChinese</span></a></p>
Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾<p>朋友们,你们现在做什么?</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LearningLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearningLanguages</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TootSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TootSea</span></a></p>
Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾<p>Lol</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LearningLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearningLanguages</span></a></p>
Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾<p>My use of "de" is kinda instinctive lol. I don't even know how I "know" lol. But this video is a good tutorial on how and when to use 的,得 or 地.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LearningLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearningLanguages</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0On8Brc_tPM" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=0On8Brc_tP</span><span class="invisible">M</span></a></p>
Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾<p>Again, please don't do this 🤭</p><p>Fyi his tattoo words: snake goat monkey</p><p>OP born in the year of the snake, apparently, but doesn't explain the other zodiac signs lol</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Mandarin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mandarin</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LearningLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearningLanguages</span></a></p>
Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾<p>Lol reading this chapter from the graded reader from Mandarin Companion and have to chuckle to myself: This is peak Asian mum, for real.</p><p>Fyi the poor man is complaining about his mum's relentless matchmaking efforts.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Mandarin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mandarin</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LearningLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearningLanguages</span></a></p>
Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾<p>I've been a little suspicious that almost everything I wrote in Chinese, ChatGPT said was 👍 .<br>However, today my faith was reaffirmed when ChatGPT corrected me when I wrote 我出家。</p><p>ChatGPT: "出家" usually means to become a monk or nun, which might not be the intended meaning.</p><p>Bwahaha. Would've made an interesting diary entry though.</p><p>But what's encouraging though is that I seemed to have internalised Chinese grammar ... mostly.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Mandarin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mandarin</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Learning</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LearningLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearningLanguages</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LearningChinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearningChinese</span></a></p>
Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾<p>As a way to keep myself accountable and also learn Mandarin more effectively, I will be sharing how I'm trying to improve my Mandarin as a "heritage" speaker.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Mandarin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mandarin</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LearningLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearningLanguages</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a></p><p><a href="http://elizabethtai.com/2024/05/17/so-im-learning-mandarin/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">elizabethtai.com/2024/05/17/so</span><span class="invisible">-im-learning-mandarin/</span></a></p>
Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾<p>Hello there, I may look like 着 but I have four different meanings depending on the context! And just to make things interesting, I even sound different! Just which one am I when you read the text? Well, it's up to you to figure that out! Har Har.</p><p>Chinese, if it was an annoying troll.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Languages</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LearningLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearningLanguages</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a></p>
Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾<p>Half the time I have no idea if this iguy is transmitting facts or sarcasm 🙃😅</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Languages</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LearningLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearningLanguages</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/zyhOXCjfBIg?si=nmC9ZtH-UBBXbUSA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/zyhOXCjfBIg?si=nmC9Zt</span><span class="invisible">H-UBBXbUSA</span></a></p>