编 (biān): meaning and stroke order

编 in our stories

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• 这个故事叫《乌盆记》，后来被编成了京剧。人们爱听它，不只是因为有鬼，更因为在那个年代，连一个冤魂都相信，只要找到包青天，公道就一定会来。

  zhè gè gùshi jiào Wūpén Jì hòulái bèi biān chéng le jīngjù rénmen ài tīng tā bù zhǐshì yīnwèi yǒu guǐ gèng yīnwèi zài nà gè niándài lián yí gè yuānhún dōu xiāngxìn zhǐyào zhǎodào Bāo Qīngtiān gōngdao jiù yídìng huì lái

  The story is called The Black Basin and was later made into a Beijing opera. People love it not just for the ghost, but because in those days even a wronged spirit believed that if you could reach Bao the Upright, justice would surely come.

  From the story The tale of the black basin HSK 7–9 · Level 7

• 他一遍又一遍地跟她讲自己的女儿：女儿小时候怕打雷，一打雷就钻进他的被子里，他就唱一首自己编的歌哄她睡觉。

  tā yí biàn yòu yí biàn de gēn tā jiǎng zìjǐ de nǚ'ér nǚ'ér xiǎoshíhou pà dǎléi yì dǎléi jiù zuān jìn tā de bèizi lǐ tā jiù chàng yì shǒu zìjǐ biān de gē hǒng tā shuìjiào

  Again and again he told her about his daughter: as a little girl she was afraid of thunder, and whenever it thundered she crawled under his quilt, and he would sing a song he had made up to lull her to sleep.

  From the story The song in the thunderstorm HSK 7–9 · Level 8

• 真相终于清楚了：老板为了省钱不修船，船出了事，就编出一场“风浪”，把责任全部推到了船长身上。

  zhēnxiàng zhōngyú qīngchu le lǎobǎn wèile shěng qián bù xiū chuán chuán chū le shì jiù biān chū yì cháng fēnglàng bǎ zérèn quánbù tuī dào le chuánzhǎng shēnshang

  The truth was finally clear: to save money, the owner hadn't repaired the ship; when it sank he invented a "storm" and pushed all the blame onto the captain.

  From the story The storm that never was HSK 7–9 · Level 8