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🇨🇳 From dragon bones, to burnt books, to labor camps, Chinese has a wild origin story you don't want to miss!
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⏱ TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Chinese's Wild Origin Story
0:22 - Dragon Bones?
0:54 - Oracle Bones
2:20 - Bronze & Bamboo
3:07 - The Emperor Who Burned Books
4:26 - Old Chinese
7:15 - Middle Chinese
8:04 - Enter Mandarin
10:32 - Chinese Writing Reforms
12:49 - Learning Chinese Characters
16:53 - Writing in Chinese
18:07 - Pinyin
18:44 - Language Features
21:01 - Where is Chinese Spoken?
21:34 - Migrations
22:06 - Why Learn Chinese?
26:42 - Learn Chinese Today
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