AndrewJin
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Think about that, there are so many Laowai (foreigners) who do speak decent Chinese (Putonghua dialect) than you know.
Of course, they do worse than you in terms of proficiency, usage of idioms, usage of classical poems, etc. But to be frank, some of them have better Putonghua (common speech/Mandarin) tones than me (though I am not ashamed of my Putonghua with a sense of Wuhan accent).
And there is a proportion of sophisticated Chinese learners who not only master the tones of Putonghua, but also can recite classical poems written by Qu Yuan before B.C., use 4-character idioms dating back to several thousand years ago, know a lot of cultural knowledge here and there. Their knowledge of Chinese culture is still shallow, probably need their lifetime to learn, but better then I previously thought.
Anyway, 颤抖吧,少年!
Let' see an example....
Taiwan singer group, S.H.E vs France-born 金小鱼
(She chose my family name Jin 金,her Chinese names literally means Gold Little Fish)
Same song, named 中国话 (Chinese/ Language of China)
Original version
Jin's version
Have I opened the wrong channel???
Of course, they do worse than you in terms of proficiency, usage of idioms, usage of classical poems, etc. But to be frank, some of them have better Putonghua (common speech/Mandarin) tones than me (though I am not ashamed of my Putonghua with a sense of Wuhan accent).
And there is a proportion of sophisticated Chinese learners who not only master the tones of Putonghua, but also can recite classical poems written by Qu Yuan before B.C., use 4-character idioms dating back to several thousand years ago, know a lot of cultural knowledge here and there. Their knowledge of Chinese culture is still shallow, probably need their lifetime to learn, but better then I previously thought.
Anyway, 颤抖吧,少年!
Let' see an example....
Taiwan singer group, S.H.E vs France-born 金小鱼
(She chose my family name Jin 金,her Chinese names literally means Gold Little Fish)
Same song, named 中国话 (Chinese/ Language of China)
Original version
Jin's version
Have I opened the wrong channel???
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