Tā xué le hǎojǐ nián cáinéng tánshé fāchū Xībānyáyǔ de R yīn.
It took her several years to learn to roll her tongue and produce the Spanish R sound.
Tips
usage
Two senses: (1) the involuntary 'tsk' click of disapproval; (2) the linguistic skill of trilling - the tongue-roll needed for Spanish/Russian/Italian R, which Mandarin itself does not use as a phoneme.
memory
弹 (tán) means 'to flick / pluck' (as in 弹钢琴, play piano) - picture flicking your tongue against the roof of your mouth.
