Business Chinese: Only Learn What Your Job Actually Says

Hey — a longer note on Business Chinese, as if you were moving onto my street next month.

Don't optimize this like a spreadsheet in week one. Get a workable version first. Polish after you've seen your real overtime pattern.

My blunt tip: Read cancel policies like a lease.

Also: Fifteen honest minutes beats abandoned Sundays.

Please don't keep falling into HSK cramming with zero sleep. I've watched that one burn weekends and goodwill.

When you're here, you'll notice a kids' class WeChat flood. Let that be your reminder this is a living city, not a packing list.

If you only do three things

• Decide a default you can repeat tired
• Write the Chinese names / pins / chats somewhere searchable
• Revisit in thirty days — not every evening

Revisit the decision after thirty ordinary days, not after one viral tip.

Tourists can afford chaos. Residents need defaults — one primary option, one backup, and a note with the Chinese name.

If it only works when you're energetic and the weather is perfect, it doesn't work.

Write me (or anyone further along) after you've tried one real version. Adjustments are easier with scars than with theory.

— someone a few mistakes ahead