I have a YouTube account that I use only for Spanish language videos (to help learn Spanish), and saw this. Translates to: “China is already living in 2050 but, at what cost? This is Shenzhen, the city of the future.”

I really need to get started learning Mandarin and hope to god “at what cost” isn’t a thing there too

    • bdonvr@thelemmy.clubOP
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      3 months ago

      I’ve learned Spanish on my own I really want to do Mandarin next but man is that a daunting one

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        3 months ago

        It’s a good way to avoid doomscrolling, like any other hobby. I still manage to do both tho

        (My comment is a word by word translation which is most likely unnatural/incorrect but that’s the joke)

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          Yeah for sure. For a while I did nothing but watch Spanish videos during all my free time. I’m gonna take an exam in the next year or two hoping for C1 level and if I get that I will really start looking at Mandarin.

          I’d definitely be doomscrolling 小红书 and calling it language study though lmao