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Ever been asked a question you didn't feel like answering because of indifference to the plight of your

fellow man? In this Chinese lesson for Absolute Beginners, we focus on the art of deflecting questions.

As anyone who has lived or worked in China knows, this is a critical skill for maintaining your sanity here.

We're sure you'll be able to use this right away.

Since we've been getting a lot of new people to the site lately, it is probably worth mentioning that our goal

with the Absolute Beginner level is making each lesson accessible to people without any background in

mandarin, Chinese. This lesson is a bit more difficult than most at this level though, so if you're a total

beginner, we recommend clicking through to our text page to read our annotated transcript while listening

to our dialogue and podcast.