Why you can’t make a correct Chinese sentence despite knowing 5000 words

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During my 12 years of being a Chinese teacher, many Mandarin learners have asked me the same question: “I learn really hard. I use flashcards, dictionaries. Every day I recite 20 words, I came to China, my vocabulary is 1000, 2000 or even 5000 words by now, but why do I still talk like a baby? Why can’t I understand people on the street?”

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