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Oct 2023
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#344 - The Journey or The End? | Mandari...

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Tom and Ula talk about the new Mandarin hangout set up coming in 2024 and how it can help you learn Mandarin faster and find a better time to make friends and level up. Diving into whether or not its the journey to fluency thats the fun bit or the fluency itself, and what fluency really means in any language. Should we enjoy the enjoy or try and get to the result as quickly as possible? All this discussed in both Mandarin Chinese and English. Enjoy!

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