Ten years in China and still not fluent. Here's why.

Added: 2026-05-06

[00:00:00]Is Chinese as hard as people think?

[00:00:02]>> Yes, it is. I was learning in school for years. I have learned this language for years and I'm not fluent. Like what? Oh my gosh. I don't think I will ever be fluent and that depresses the flip out of me.

[00:00:15]>> Nice and logical words in Chinese. We should steal the logic.

[00:00:18]>> Oh, there's so many. Because like English, we love to describe and go on long winded explanations whereas Chinese, I have a two character word straight away to explain what I need.

[00:00:29]Whereas English I'm likeah.

[00:00:31]>> Yeah. Like why am I out by >> Well, if you say take away it, it's almost kind of the same vibe.

[00:00:37]>> Feel like an idiot.

[00:00:38]>> Bad example.

[00:00:39]>> Well, uh, fair play.

[00:00:42]>> Okay. Well, a slightly better example is days of the week. Literally day one, day two. Like Joey sends us. It makes that anyone learning language actually understand what's happening.