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May 2024
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Upper-intermediate | Using a Character D...

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Do you ever find yourself only using the English-Chinese side of your dictionary? Do you sometimes feel intimidated by the seemingly arcane system of naming parts of characters? Well then ChinesePod's got a lesson for you today. Join us to learn all about looking up characters by radical! Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1296

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