對外國人來講，學習中文主要會面對兩個難題，一個是多筆劃的圖像符號，另一個是國語的四聲--陰平，陽平，上聲，去聲。

此外，找到合格教師也是一件困難的事。
for foreigners ,the obstacles to learning Chinese major in two:one is multi-stroke glyph,ohter is four tones of Mandarin-high,rising,falling-rising and falling.In addition,finding qualified teachers can be difficult.

grant:獎學金，政府的補助金
她覺得她很難靠獎學金過活。
She finds it difficult to live on her grant.

你可以得到一筆政府的補助金去修膳房屋。
You can get a grant to improve your house.