This is specially designed for beginner and elementary-level students learning Chinese overseas. It helps  learners quickly master 800 of the most essential Chinese characters and use them in spoken and written  communication. Every character, word, and example sentence is accompanied by pinyin and foreign language  translations. The first edition featured 80 language versions, while this second edition focuses on five  bilingual editions: Chinese-English, Chinese-French, Chinese-Russian, Chinese-German, and Chinese-Arabic.