prehistacct123

youtube has cctv4 shows going back years and also livestreams

https://m.youtube.com/user/cctvch

i learnt chinese pretty much just watching Homeland Dreamland 远方的家 and Across China 走遍中国 from about 2016 to mid 2017 after which i was able to watch purely chinese shows without english subtitles

these are travel and tech shows so you learn about people places and lot more than just the language

also keeps it fresh and never boring so you never lose motivation for long

100s of hours of content all dual subtitled

learned chinese to have access to one of the biggest content sources in this world and thus prevent boredom

this roi is pretty good

also have huge respect for the chinese ultra realist world view though i dont agree with it

a story like the three body problem is basically impossible from anywhere else

chinese is also devastatingly succinct on a whole another level and much appreciated

people need to go massive input either in country or online

having actually learnt to the point of watching news tv shows and reading chinese forums i can say that going the classroom or exam route is a waste of time and money

learn the top 50 to 70 chars then start watching dual subtitled programs like cctv4

do it actively meaning pausing rewinding attempting to read subtitles before the speaker etc but never touch a dictionary in flow only much later if you couldnt figure from context repeatedly ie greater than 6 7 context attempts fail

1.5 years and you will be much ahead of anyone else

an upper paleolithic shakti shrine in india 11kya

https://www.harappa.com/content/upper-paleolithic-shrine-ind...