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Chinese Characters - should we gain PASSIVE or ACTIVE skill?

We all sure love Chinese characters. But Is it really necessary to learn to write them in the digital age? 

Wouldn't it be better to save the energy, time and brain capacity to something a little bit more useful? 

This podcast is all about my perspective that I gained as a teacher of Chinese with over 14 years of teaching experience.

生意好吗 /shēngyì hǎo ma/

IS BUSINESS GOING WELL?

WORDPLAY

我三点一刻下汉语课 

Wǒ sān diǎn yī kè xià hànyǔ kè

I FINISH CHINESE CLASS AT 3:15

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可以吗 /kěyǐ ma/

IS IT POSSIBLE?

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Powerful wordplay:

我一般八点半上班 /wǒ yībān bādiǎn bàn shàngbān/ 

I USUALLY START WORKING AT HALF PAST 8.

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我不管管理说什么 /wǒ bùguǎn guǎnlǐ shuō shénme/

I DON'T CARE WHAT THE MANAGER SAYS

Notice there are two 管 - one in the sense TO CARE, one as a part of the word MANAGER.

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要 and 想 both mean TO WANT, but not always - it depends on what we combine them with, so I made this post couple of years back to make it a little more clear.

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