mandarinism
mandarinism by dontbeaplebplox December 23, 2014
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mandarinism
mandarinism by dontbeaplebplox December 23, 2014
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When a native Chinese speaker explains a Duolingo level 1 word to you like you have no idea what it means, even though you have been chatting in with them in Chinese for 20 minutes.
I was chatting with Wang Peng for like an hour in Chinese, then he tried to explain to me that Mandarin has 4 tones. I hate it when he mandarinsplains to me.
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