How It Works
Day 1: Pre-Challenge
Before jumping into characters, we'll first get you up to speed on how to pronounce Mandarin and read pinyin (if you don't know already) and how to set up your flashcards. If you get through this part quickly, feel free to get a head start on characters!
1st Half: Character Building
On Day 2, go get started with Phase 1 (Level 1-6) of the course and begin learning characters with the proven and effective memory palace technique called The Hanzi Movie method. We'll provide daily goals to keep you on track.
2nd Half: Vocabulary Building
Midway through the challenge, and you'll start unlocking compound words. These are multiple-character words make up of characters you've already learned. You'll then use the MB mnemonic technique called Living Links to memorize words in seconds. Don't forget to finish your flashcard reviews each day.
Final Day: Acquisition
On the final day, you'll unlock hundreds of sentences, and you'll watch a lesson going over the first 30. You will be able to read and understand these sentences without the need for pinyin or English translation.
After this point, you can take your skills even further and continue all the way to the end of Phase 3 (Level 20), reaching 263 characters, 350 words, and hundreds of example sentences! This make up at least 65% of Chinese by coverage.
What can I get from this course
Access to the first 20 levels of the Blueprint curriculum.
A special discount on the Blueprint (only for MB Challengers) until the challenge ends.
Downloadable studio-quality audio for hundreds of example sentences.
Access to MB Member Service Chinese experts throughout the challenge.
Access to a companion course with videos guiding you through the challenge and keeping you on track.
Access to Traverse flashcard software to ensure you remember everything you learn.
The ability to read and understand Chinese fast, and the huge confidence and status boost that comes with that priceless.
Join The Mandarin Blueprint Challenge!
Read Chinese without pinyin or English translation from zero.