be patient, and you will make it

i don't know if this work. when i learned Russian by myself, the only way is write more, speak more, listen more( well, i think my listening is not good.....). i can't come up with a better way to get used to a new language. and i think, it's a big deal, so you'd better do it from easy part, do you have a book to guide to learn Chinese? the book will start with the most basic and necessary for you)) maybe you learn simplified Chinese characters, the characters on the picture are complex ones( it all depends on you) write more! :)) hope it'll help you))) any problem,ask me XD by the way, the picture was from....???? it's like a piece of paper to the death, and....... - -!!