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Nov 2025
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Newbie | 66 Enjoyable Characters with Jo...

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Are you one of the Chinese learners who are afraid of complicated and scary Chinese characters? In this series, we are gonna show you 66 traditional characters that you see every day produced in our Taipei Studios! This episode is a recap of the first five lessons, be sure to review them! Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/4166

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