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Re:Show HN: Learning a Language Using Only Words You Know by dylanzhangdev on Thursday December 18, 2025 @07:42PM (#46320904)
Even for Chinese people, Journey to the West is a somewhat difficult text because it belongs to classical literature. Using some children's books published in recent years, and progressing gradually, might be a better approach?
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Re:Show HN: Learning a Language Using Only Words You Know by gcanyon on Thursday December 18, 2025 @09:16PM (#46321593)
In the late 1800s/early 1900s there were books published "in words of one syllable" -- e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonder...

More: https://triviumpursuit.com/childrens-books-in-words-of-one-s...

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Re:Show HN: Learning a Language Using Only Words You Know by bitwize on Thursday December 18, 2025 @10:33PM (#46322021)
Related: https://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/txt/al.html
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Re:Show HN: Learning a Language Using Only Words You Know by simedw on Friday December 19, 2025 @05:46PM (#46331859)
This is a simplified version: Journey to the West in Easy Chinese by Jeff Pepper and Xiao Hui Wang. Otherwise, I would definitely have waited a bit before biting off something like this.
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