撑 (chēng): meaning and stroke order

撑 in our stories

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• 盘古担心天和地会重新合在一起，就头顶着天，脚踩着地，用自己的身体把它们撑开。

  Pángǔ dānxīn tiān hé dì huì chóngxīn hé zài yìqǐ jiù tóu dǐng zhe tiān jiǎo cǎi zhe dì yòng zìjǐ de shēntǐ bǎ tāmen chēng kāi

  Afraid that heaven and earth would close up again, Pangu held up the sky with his head and pressed down the earth with his feet, keeping them apart with his own body.

  From the story Pangu separates heaven and earth HSK 7–9 · Level 7

• 他不知道，不周山是撑着天空的一根柱子。

  tā bù zhīdao Bùzhōu Shān shì chēng zhe tiānkōng de yì gēn zhùzi

  He did not know that Mount Buzhou was one of the pillars holding up the sky.

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

• 那天是清明，西湖上下起了小雨。在断桥边，她们遇到了一个撑着伞的年轻书生，名叫许仙。

  nà tiān shì qīngmíng Xī Hú shàng xià qǐ le xiǎoyǔ zài Duànqiáo biān tāmen yùdào le yí gè chēng zhe sǎn de niánqīng shūshēng míngjiào Xǔ Xiān

  It was Qingming, and a light rain was falling on West Lake. By the Broken Bridge they met a young scholar holding an umbrella, named Xu Xian.

  From the story The Legend of the White Snake HSK 7–9 · Level 9