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Mind map is another tool to help in learning a foreign language (or any other subjects).
Some benefits include:
1. Clear structure and link between words (or ideas)
2. Visual infographics that can be used as quick snapshot for review.
3. For Chinese characters, breaking the characters into parts, clearly seeing how characters develop.

Below is an example. Link to original blog http://jinrushan.com/blog47/
⺶ as root word
■ ⺶ = 兰 + 丿
┕ ⺶ / 羊【yáng】sheep
┕ 兰【lán】orchid
┕ 丿【piě】line
Sheep ⺶ / 羊 in a line 丿 eating orchid 兰

⺶ as component
■ 着 = ⺶ + 目
┕ 着【zhe / zháo】to feel; cont. tense (-ing)
┕ ⺶ / 羊【yáng】sheep
┕ 目【mù】eye
Eye 目 look(-ing) 着 at sheep ⺶
Ex:
1. 着急【zháo jí】to worry
┕ 着【zháo】to feel
┕ 急【jí】worry
——————————————–
■ 差 = ⺶ + 工
┕ 差【chā / chà / chāi】difference; errand
┕ ⺶ / 羊【yáng】sheep
┕ 工【gōng】worker
Difference 差 between sheep ⺶ / 羊 and a worker 工
Ex:
1. 出差【chū chāi】business trip
┕ 出【chū】to go out
┕ 差【chāi】errand; job
2. 差【chà】bad quality
3. 差距【chā jù】gap; difference
——————————————–
■ 羞 = ⺶ + 丑
┕ 羞【xiū】shy; embarrass; shame
┕ ⺶ / 羊【yáng】sheep
┕ 丑【chǒu】shameful / ugly
Ugly 丑 sheep ⺶ / 羊 are shy 羞
Ex:
1. 害羞【hài xiū】shy; embarrassed
┕ 害【hài】harmful
┕ 羞【xiū】shy; shame

Take-away

虽然这次出差失败了，
你不必如此着急，
不必如此害羞。

suīrán zhè cì chūchāi shībài le,
nǐ búbì rúcǐ zháojí,
búbì rúcǐ hàixiū.

Although this trip failed,
no need to be in such a hurry,
and no need to feel so ashamed.

Revised take-away:
这是你第一次出差，见到客户要大方，不要害羞，遇到问题要冷静，不要着急。
This is your first business trip. Be generous when you meet customers, don't be shy, and be calm when you encounter problems; don't be in a hurry.
zhè shì nǐ dì yī cì chūchāi, jiàn dào kèhù yào dàfang, búyào hàixiū, yù dào wèntí yào lěngjìng, búyào zhāojí.