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# Adrien Grandemange

Adrien is a contributing writer at TutorABC Chinese. He is a French software engineer from Paris, who has been studying Chinese for 10 years. Adrien is married to a Chinese woman he met while he was getting a master's degree in Software Engineering at Chongqing University. His other interests include reading all sorts of books (mostly non-fiction) and designing video games.

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### [A Simple Explanation Of Chinese Characters](https://blog.tutorabcchinese.com/chinese-learning-tips/how-do-chinese-characters-work?hsLang=en)

Ever wonder how Chinese characters work? Instead of being based on an alphabet, they are components of meanings that come together to form phrases.

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