顶 (dǐng): meaning and stroke order

顶 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

• “问题是他家那棵柿子树，一半的树枝都伸到了我家院子里。秋天落叶，把我家的排水沟堵得死死的；熟透的柿子掉下来，砸在玻璃顶上，砰砰响，半夜都能把人吓醒。”

  wèntí shì tā jiā nà kē shìzishù yíbàn de shùzhī dōu shēn dào le wǒ jiā yuànzi lǐ qiūtiān luò yè bǎ wǒ jiā de páishuǐgōu dǔ de sǐsǐ de shútòu de shìzi diào xiàlai zá zài bōli dǐng shàng pēngpēng xiǎng bànyè dōu néng bǎ rén xià xǐng

  "The problem is his persimmon tree: half its branches reach into my garden. In autumn the leaves block my drains solid, and ripe persimmons drop onto the glass roof—bang, bang—loud enough to scare you awake at midnight."

  From the story The persimmon tree over the wall HSK 7–9 · Level 9