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Learn to read Chinese ... with ease! | ShaoLan
6 minutes Posted May 7, 2013 at 3:13 pm.
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For foreigners, learning to speak Chinese is a hard task. But learning to read the beautiful, often complex characters of the Chinese written language may be less difficult. ShaoLan walks through a simple lesson in recognizing the ideas behind the characters and their meaning -- building from a few simple forms to more complex concepts. Call it Chineasy.