{"id":1442,"date":"2020-06-18T15:15:11","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T07:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resources.digmandarin.com\/?p=1442"},"modified":"2020-06-23T09:53:41","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T01:53:41","slug":"how-i-learned-chinese-lindie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.digmandarin.com\/how-i-learned-chinese-lindie\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to begin learning Chinese! | \u4f60\u60f3\u5b66\u4e60\u6c49\u8bed\u5417\uff1f| From Lindie Botes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Where to begin learning Chinese! | \u4f60\u60f3\u5b66\u4e60\u6c49\u8bed\u5417\uff1f\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KgyO3NeDyvg?start=272&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where to start:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1. 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Watch TV shows and movies in Chinese subtitles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/how-chinese-tv-can-become-your-chinese-teacher.html\"><strong>Learning Through the Screen: How Chinese TV can Become Your Chinese Teacher<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/learn-chinese-tv-series.html\"><strong>Six Chinese TV Series You Shouldn\u2019t Miss<\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>6. Get a language partner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/hellotalk-review-helping-people-learn-languages.html\">HelloTalk<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>7. 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