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Show Chinese Study Real Work. Even a Chinese pocket dictionary contains more than 10,000 characters representin? words, and If a man Intends In-tends really to master Chinese he must learn to recognize them all "a stupendous task." However. 3,000, 4.000 or 5.000 syllables are all that a Chinese of average education requires, and. if anyone will persevere until he has thoroughly conquered a thousand, he will be in a position to have some appreciation of a novel and to master the difficulties of a simple business document. But for the sincere si udeot a thousand characters is the minimum. |