> I'd rather just buy a pre-made bike from a store.
Right, but if you were going to do that... you would have done it already, if you catch my drift. Like I said, there's no shortage of blog posts, youtube videos, literal documentation on the Anki website, pre-made decks, etc. available. It's a bit like trying to optimize before you've even started writing code — you don't know what the hot paths are yet, and nobody can tell you without a profiler. You don't know what your preferences are in learning are yet, and nobody can tell you until you try. When you have a solid idea of what you prefer, then people can start giving you recommendations :)
Inputting words is part of using Anki, and a big part of solidifying your knowledge. Why should you listen? Well, even though I haven't reviewed mandarin in literally a decade now, and I've had essentially no IRL use for it, there's still words and phrases I can recall at a moment's notice. The software is unbelievably powerful.
As others have mentioned, there are premade decks but most of the practice of using Anki comes down to preference, so the premade decks may not fit your style of learning at all.
Right, but if you were going to do that... you would have done it already, if you catch my drift. Like I said, there's no shortage of blog posts, youtube videos, literal documentation on the Anki website, pre-made decks, etc. available. It's a bit like trying to optimize before you've even started writing code — you don't know what the hot paths are yet, and nobody can tell you without a profiler. You don't know what your preferences are in learning are yet, and nobody can tell you until you try. When you have a solid idea of what you prefer, then people can start giving you recommendations :)
Inputting words is part of using Anki, and a big part of solidifying your knowledge. Why should you listen? Well, even though I haven't reviewed mandarin in literally a decade now, and I've had essentially no IRL use for it, there's still words and phrases I can recall at a moment's notice. The software is unbelievably powerful.
As others have mentioned, there are premade decks but most of the practice of using Anki comes down to preference, so the premade decks may not fit your style of learning at all.