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Learning Method |What's the Deepest Chinese Learning Hole You've Fallen Into

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Let's be honest, everyone messes up when learning Chinese.

You wanted to say: I want dumplings (我想要水饺, wǒ xiǎng yào shuǐ jiǎo)

…but you accidentally said:我想要睡觉(wǒ xiǎng yào shuì jiào, I want to sleep)

You wanted: One portion of chicken, please(一份鸡肉,yī fèn jī ròu)

...but it came out as: 我要一只鸡(wǒ yào yī zhī jī, l want a whole chicken)

And the classic: after months of learning, you finally…