补 (bǔ): meaning and stroke order

补 in our stories

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• 邻居劝他赶快把洞补上，他却说：“羊已经丢了，还补什么？”

  línjū quàn tā gǎnkuài bǎ dòng bǔ shàng tā què shuō yáng yǐjīng diū le hái bǔ shénme

  His neighbour urged him to mend it quickly, but he said, "The sheep's gone already. What's the point?"

  From the story Mending the fold after the sheep is lost HSK 5

• 她走遍天下，找来五种颜色的石头，用大火炼了九天九夜，炼成了能补天的五色石。

  tā zǒubiàn tiānxià zhǎolái wǔ zhǒng yánsè de shítou yòng dà huǒ liàn le jiǔ tiān jiǔ yè liàn chéng le néng bǔ tiān de wǔsèshí

  She travelled the whole world, gathered stones of five colours and smelted them in a great fire for nine days and nine nights, until they became five-coloured stones that could mend the sky.

  From the story Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7

• 去年秋天，设计专业毕业的温然来这里当学徒。她手巧，学得快，可心里一直有个疑问：现在有各种胶水，能把裂缝补得几乎看不见，何必还要在瓷器上打钉子呢？

  qùnián qiūtiān shèjì zhuānyè bìyè de Wēn Rán lái zhèli dāng xuétú tā shǒu qiǎo xué de kuài kě xīnli yìzhí yǒu gè yíwèn xiànzài yǒu gèzhǒng jiāoshuǐ néng bǎ lièfèng bǔ de jīhū kàn bú jiàn hébì hái yào zài cíqì shàng dǎ dīngzi ne

  Last autumn Wen Ran, a design graduate, came here as an apprentice. She was deft and learned fast, but one question kept nagging her: glue nowadays can make a crack almost invisible, so why bother putting rivets into porcelain?

  From the story Mending the bowl HSK 7–9 · Level 9