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Chinese Breeze

Level 1

Secrets of a Computer Company

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Secrets of a Computer Company

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Features

✔️ mp3s available for download

✔️ footnotes and glossary for new words

✔️ available as paperback or Kindle book

✔️ exercises for the reader

 

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❌ no English translation

❌ no traditional character version

Description 

Fang Xin was the developer of a popular software program. But he did not anticipate that the software was soon pirated for sale in large volumes. He had been searching for the pirates for a long time, but did not find them. One day, his wife Xiaoyue overheard a phone conversation in a store. She followed the caller and discovered the pirates. Nevertheless, Xiaoyue didn't think that she was already on the brink of death…

Content

  • Level 2: 500 Words

  • 470 unique characters

  • 801 unique words

  • 76 pages / 10,000 total characters

Can I Read This?

If you are familiar with the characters on this HSK list:

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Chinese Breeze - Level 2 - Secrets of a
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Description 

 

Chenyu came to Shanghai in pursuit of her dream. She bears the burden of single motherhood at such a young age, and yet her smile never falters. Chunyan came searching for her roots, after growing up in America with adopted parents. I wanted to help them both, so off we went; first in Shanghai, then later to Chenyu’s home in the mountains.  It would all be much simpler if I hadn’t fallen in love with them, and they with me. A bit convoluted, perhaps, but interesting stories and worthwhile relationships often are.

Can I Read This?

If you are familiar with the characters on this HSK list:

Then you already know this fraction of the characters in this story:

HSK 1    HSK 2    HSK 3    HSK 4    HSK 5    HSK 6

  60%      80%        92%       95%       98%        99%

Beauty and Grace   (Chinese Breeze)

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Chinese Breeze - Level 4 - Beauty and Gr

Features

✔️ mp3s available for download

✔️ footnotes and glossary for new words

✔️ available as paperback or Kindle book

✔️ exercises for the reader

Content

  • Level 4: 1100 Words

  • 773 unique characters

  • 1,315 unique words

  • 110 pages / 16,600 total characters

Great Expectations: Part 1   (Mandarin Companion)

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Mandarin Companion - Level 2 - Great Exp

Features

✔️ Simplified and Traditional versions

✔️ special listings of words not included in most common text books

✔️ footnotes for new words

✔️ available as paperback or Kindle book

✔️ exercises for the reader

 

❌ no pinyin transcription

❌ no English translation

❌ no audio available

Description 

"...Great Expectations is hailed as Charles Dickens' masterpiece. A gripping tale of love and loss, aspiration and moral redemption, the story follows the young orphan Xiaomao (Pip) from poverty to a life of unexpected opportunity and wealth..."

Content

  • Level 2: 450 Characters

  • 428 unique characters

  • 869 unique words

  • 12,400 total characters

Can I Read This?

If you are familiar with the characters on this HSK list:

HSK 1    HSK 2    HSK 3    HSK 4    HSK 5    HSK 6

Then you already know this fraction of the characters in this story:

  64%      84%        96%       99%      100%       100%

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