店 (diàn): meaning and stroke order

店 in our stories

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• 接下来的一个星期，店门口每天都排着长长的队。

  jiēxiàlai de yí gè xīngqī diàn ménkǒu měitiān dōu pái zhe chángcháng de duì

  For the next week there was a long queue outside the shop every day.

  From the story Waiting by the tree stump HSK 4

• 账本是清朝光绪年间的，纸已经发黄变脆，一碰就掉渣，上面记的都是普通的米店收支。

  zhàngběn shì Qīngcháo Guāngxù niánjiān de zhǐ yǐjīng fāhuáng biàn cuì yí pèng jiù diào zhā shàngmiàn jì de dōu shì pǔtōng de mǐ diàn shōuzhī

  The ledger dated from the Guangxu reign of the Qing dynasty. Its paper was yellow and brittle, crumbling at a touch, and it recorded only the ordinary income and spending of a rice shop.

  From the story Words written in rice water HSK 7–9 · Level 7

• 那年春节，面馆的伙计回老家了，妈妈忙不过来，程朗只好到店里帮忙。

  nà nián Chūnjié miànguǎn de huǒji huí lǎojiā le māma máng bú guòlai Chéng Lǎng zhǐhǎo dào diàn lǐ bāngmáng

  That Spring Festival the shop's helper went home and his mother couldn't cope, so Cheng Lang had to help out in the shop.

  From the story Pulling noodles is a workout too HSK 7–9 · Level 8