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How can you ask about a character and explain what help you need?
Enter an imagined calligraphy class and connect character shapes, sounds and meanings.
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博参加了社区中心的书法课。
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Bo joins a calligraphy class at a community centre.
Bó cānjiā le shèqū zhōngxīn de shūfǎ kè.
他的桌上有一支毛笔和一张纸。
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There is a brush and a sheet of paper on his desk.
Tā de zhuō shàng yǒu yī zhī máobǐ hé yī zhāng zhǐ.
他向老师询问“山”这个汉字。
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He asks the teacher about the character for mountain.
Tā xiàng lǎoshī xúnwèn “shān” zhège hànzì.
博写字以前，老师先把这个字读出来。
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The teacher reads the character aloud before Bo writes it.
Bó xiě zì yǐqián, lǎoshī xiān bǎ zhège zì dú chūlái.
博不知道从哪里开始，所以请老师再示范第一笔。
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Bo asks to see the first stroke again because he is not sure where to begin.
Bó bù zhīdào cóng nǎlǐ kāishǐ, suǒyǐ qǐng lǎoshī zài shìfàn dì-yī bǐ.
他今天的目标是把问题问清楚，不是写出完美的作品。
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His goal today is to ask clearly, not to produce a perfect artwork.
Tā jīntiān de mùbiāo shì bǎ wèntí wèn qīngchu, bù shì xiě chū wánměi de zuòpǐn.
What class does Bo join?
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Main scenario
Bo joins a calligraphy class at a community centre.
How can you ask about a character and explain what help you need?
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Log in to practiseUNESCO lists Chinese calligraphy as intangible cultural heritage and describes its artistic dimension.
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