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Why Confucius wanted you to learn by doing

Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three. Confucius, quoted by Jesse Schell in his Game Design bible, The Art of Game Design: A book of lenses.

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Practice: Refresh your Chinese and don’t forget!

Chinese is a great language to learn. It’s fun; it’s fascinating; it’s a challenge. It can also easily be forgotten. Because that’s how our memory works. It forget things. The way to prevent this? You practice. Better yet, you make it your daily routine to practice Chinese. The idea: To hit refresh on your knowledge, on […]

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This is why education should be all about you

Being educated at school does not make it all. As they say, the master teaches you the way but you have to word on your own to reach your goals.

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Chinese proverb: Go the mountain and meet the tiger.

There’s an old Chinese proverb that goes: 上得山多终遇虎 (pinyin: shàng de děi shān duō zhōng yù hǔ). This means “If you go to the mountain often enough, you will meet the tiger.” But what does that mean? Is it good? Bad? Neither?

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Learning Chinese is not hard

So, you’re thinking of learning Chinese… You may have heard learning Chinese is hard. All squiggly lines and unpronounceable sounds. You may even have heard worse things than that: Like learning Chinese is a monumental challenge. A blow to the ego. Incredibly frustrating due to the unbearable ratio of effort to effect. Don’t let that stop […]

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A Chinese proverb on language learning

Language learning is so important! It allows you to be more open minded and to think differently! Here’s a good quote to remember.

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Fail better soon and learn Chinese

Don’t be afraid of failing! Learn how to fail better and everything will be alright. Follow this proverb to work on it.

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A classic Confucius Quote

Everyone knows Confucius for his famous quotes. This one will become your go to inspirational sentence, you can trust me!

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