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One of the most common ways to estimate Chinese proficiency is by the size of your vocabulary. The Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) exam, the standard…
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Over the course of my six years of Chinese studies, there is one skill that has most contributed to: (1) speeding up my overall language…