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The Chinese language does not have an alphabet. Instead, it has characters. It is important to learn these characters and develop your Chinese writing abilities, be it by computer or by hand. For beginners, a major problem is the character composition and the stroke order. But more advanced learners find it more important to improve their writing accuracy.
If you want to improve your writing skills and develop beyond speaking Chinese, you have to focus on two things: exposure to the written Chinese and practice, in that order if possible. In addition to this if you want to learn to write and read Chinese, you have to learn the components (parts of characters) and parts of words (characters). If you learn only a few combinations, it will be impossible for you to master Mandarin, because there is a high number of combinations you can make.
People have realized that the future lays in preparing for the future. And since many things in the world are from and made in China, it is a logical step for people to want to learn the Mandarin Chinese language. Learning Mandarin and moving to China is a great step to take for a brighter future. But as you start learning Chinese you will see that is not that easy, especially because is so different from English.
No language is easy to learn, so you don’t have to be afraid. Westerners find it a little bit more difficult because it’s a tonal language and it is a language without an alphabet, but with characters. Do not fear Chinese and believe in yourself and your powers.



Marvel and DC comics have been turning comic book characters into films quite a lot these days. Chinese people have become more and more familiar with American superheroes such as: Iron Man, Superman, Spiderman, X-men, The Avengers, Justice League, The Incredible Hulk, Daredevil, and others. But in Mandarin Chinese, the name of the superheroes is a little bit different than the one you know. In this article you will learn the name of your favorite characters and some words from their story, such as: (超能力 (chāo néng lì) - Super Powers 瞬间移动 (Shùnjiān yídòng) - Teleportation 变形 (biàn xíng) - Shapeshifting 隐形 (yǐn xíng) - Invisibility 超人力量/神力 (chāo rén lì liàng / shén lì) - Superhuman strength 飞行 (fēi xíng) - Flying 超人速度 (chāo rén sù dù) - Superhuman speed The most famous and loved superheroes are Superman and Batman. And although FluentU mistakes them as part of the Marvel family, you probably know they are from DC. 1. Superman: 超人(chāo rén), also known as Man of Steel: 钢铁之躯 (gāng tiě zhī qū), is actually Clark Kent: 克拉克·肯特 (kè lā...

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