What makes the chinese language so different from most other languages?

Explanation:

Take English as an example. There are only 26 alphabets, and using those 26 alphabets you make words to communicate with other people. But in Chinese there are countless numbers of words (and it's NOT alphabets). They're different characters with different meanings, and you use those characters to make up words/sentences/etc.

In English there are idioms, but Chinese idioms are usually made up of 4 characters.

There are different characters for different levels... Start with the easy ones if you're a beginner.

the catholic church withhold people's access to the bible during the middle ages.

people could go to church and listen to the teachings, but it was absolutely forbidden to own and/or read the books of both the old and new testaments. it was also prohibited to translate the books (which where originally in biblical hebrew) to any other language.

this was done so the church could remain in control of what their teachings were and to enhance their importance and power, while also being able to judge people's actions through information that was unavailable for the general public.