Challenges and Progress
Learn how to describe difficulties, improvement and study progress in Mandarin.
1. Difficulties
困难
kùn nán
difficulty / difficult复杂
fù zá
complicated记不住
jì bu zhù
cannot remember错误
cuò wù
mistake我觉得汉字有一点复杂。
I think Chinese characters are a little complicated.
有时候我记不住新单词。
Sometimes I cannot remember new vocabulary.
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2. Improving skills
提高
tí gāo
to improve练习口语
liàn xí kǒu yǔ
to practise speaking复习
fù xí
to revise继续
jì xù
to continue我每天练习口语来提高中文。
I practise speaking every day to improve my Chinese.
考试以前，我会复习。
Before exams, I revise.
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3. Future progress
希望
xī wàng
to hope将来
jiāng lái
future更好
gèng hǎo
better目标
mù biāo
goal我希望将来中文会更好。
I hope my Chinese will be better in the future.
我的目标是说流利的中文。
My goal is to speak fluent Chinese.
4. Positive study attitudes
坚持
jiān chí
to persist成功
chéng gōng
success耐心
nài xīn
patience努力学习
nǔ lì xué xí
to study hard学中文需要耐心。
Learning Chinese requires patience.
如果我坚持，我会成功。
If I persist, I will succeed.
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Complete
我觉得学中文有时候很困难，因为汉字有一点复杂。但是我每天练习口语，也会复习。我希望将来中文会更好。虽然学习中文需要耐心，但是如果我坚持，我会成功。
I think learning Chinese is sometimes difficult because Chinese characters are a little complicated. However, I practise speaking every day and also revise. I hope my Chinese will be better in the future. Although learning Chinese requires patience, if I persist, I will succeed.