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Would like to learn Mandarin, what are some good free/cheap places to start? (kbin.social)

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Additionally, any recommendations for a good C-drama or movie would be very appreciated!

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[–] peto@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I found https://www.hackingchinese.com/ to be quite useful.

I have also found learning about the radicals and general construction of characters to be useful as well, being able to look at them as a collection of things rather than just a jumble of lines. A good student's dictionary is helpful here. It's a big chunk of change but once you have it you have it.

Duolingo is OK, but you need to be disciplined with it, and it doesn't help much with pronunciation or production.