Maybe you are surprised when you see the title. To be a clumsy bird doesn’t means when you do self introduction in Chinese ,you say “我是一只笨鸟(wǒ shì yì zhī bèn niǎo). “Clumsy birds have to start flying early” is used to describe someone who compensates for his/her weaknesses by working hard. The character “笨 (bèn)” means clumsy. “鸟 (niǎo)” refers to bird; “先 (xiān)” means first and “飞 (fēi)” means to fly.
Example:
Wǒ xiāngxìn tōngguò nǔlì wǒ huì dádào
我 相信 通过 努力 我 会 达到
mùbiāo de, bènniǎoxiānfēi ma!
目标 的, 笨鸟先飞 嘛!
Indeed, everyone should learn to be a clumsy bird. Just like Chinese learning , we should make use of every resource to learn Chinese, every idiom, every song, every ancient Chinese poem… These resource can be found through e Chinese channel. Generally, what you learned through e Chinese channel can be examined by HSK test. Thus you can clearly know what you mastered and what you need to revise.
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