Difficulty
Chinese is rated as one of the most difficult languages to learn for people whose native language is English, together with Arabic, Japanese and Korean. A quote attributed to William Milne, Morrison's colleague, goes that learning Chinese is
| “ | a work for men with bodies of brass, lungs of steel, heads of oak, hands of springsteel, hearts of apostles, memories of angels, and lives of Methuselah. | ” |
Several major difficulties stand out:
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