Anyone ever found themselves in the awkward position of wanting to express appreciation, but not knowing how? This can be a tricky thing in any arena, especially when it comes to doing it in Chinese. I encountered this situation when I was interning at a bank in Taiwan. I learned that it is very important to acknowledge your superiors and elders during every holiday and important event, and that letter writing was the norm in some circles. So I set out to find some templates or examples online. But given my limited Chinese skills, I didn’t get very far. I then resorted to asking friends, but that was burdensome. So to save you the hassle, I’m going to post a link here for you to check out. It’s completely in written in Chinese, as any authentic piece should be, so you don’t have to worry about Chinglish or typo’s. I suggest you take a few template sentences and study them, this way you can use them as solid go-to’s whenever you need to write a letter of appreciation out of formality…. and don’t be ashamed of memorizing some intro patterns, because if you think about it, we use template openings all the time in formal letters. Take for example the infamous “I hope this letter finds you well” (which I despise) or “Hope you are all having a wonderful start to your week” etc. Anyhow, check it out and message me if you have trouble getting through it.
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