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Sep 2022
19m 41s

70. 文學:席慕容《一棵開花的樹》

LEARN TAIWANESE MANDARIN
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This is a "literature" episode, in which I introduce a famous Chinese writer, 席慕容,  and her representative poem: A Blooming Tree. I talk about the writer's life, what inspired her to write this poem, and the explanations of the poem  in simple Chinese. Enjoy!

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