丢 (diū): meaning and stroke order

丢 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

• 舅舅听了他的故事，讲起了一个古老的故事：边塞有个老人丢了一匹马，邻居都来安慰他，他却说：“谁知道这不是好事呢？”

  jiùjiu tīng le tā de gùshi jiǎng qǐ le yí gè gǔlǎo de gùshi biānsài yǒu gè lǎorén diū le yì pǐ mǎ línjū dōu lái ānwèi tā tā què shuō shéi zhīdao zhè bú shì hǎoshì ne

  Hearing his story, his uncle told an ancient one: an old man on the frontier lost a horse, and when the neighbours came to console him he said, "Who knows that this isn't a blessing?"

  From the story The old man who lost his horse HSK 6