边 (biān): meaning and stroke order

边 in our stories

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• 阿山用自己的水桶送小龙到大河边。

  Ā Shān yòng zìjǐ de shuǐtǒng sòng xiǎo lóng dào dà hé biān

  A Shan carried the little dragon to the big river in his own bucket.

  From the story The little dragon and the rain HSK 2

• 有一天，他在田边捡到一只很大的田螺，就把它带回家，养在水缸里。

  yǒu yì tiān tā zài tián biān jiǎn dào yì zhī hěn dà de tiánluó jiù bǎ tā dài huí jiā yǎng zài shuǐgāng lǐ

  One day he found a very large river snail by the field, took it home and kept it in his water jar.

  From the story The river-snail girl HSK 4

• 晚上，大家坐在湖边一起吃粽子，厨师说：“明年我还来，不过你们得教我包粽子。”

  wǎnshang dàjiā zuò zài hú biān yìqǐ chī zòngzi chúshī shuō míngnián wǒ hái lái búguò nǐmen děi jiāo wǒ bāo zòngzi

  In the evening everyone sat by the lake eating zongzi, and the chef said, "I'll be back next year, but you have to teach me to make zongzi."

  From the story Dragon boats in Hamburg HSK 5