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Celebrate New Year all over again!
Get a taste for Chinese
Watch a video introduction to the language
Learn how to pronounce it and write the characters
Read about New Year puns and other Chinese facts
Get an insight into the Chinese tones and characters as well as pinyin
Listen and download holiday phrases and more...
Interactive video course:
A lively introduction to Mandarin Chinese
Chinese games:
Get a better insight into the Chinese language and learn the tones
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