夫妻 (fū qī): meaning and stroke order

夫妻 in our stories

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• 她吓了一跳：“这个菜里有……夫妻？”

  tā xià le yí tiào zhè gè cài lǐ yǒu fūqī

  She jumps: "There's a … couple in this dish?"

  From the story "Husband and wife lung slices" HSK 3

• 半年前回家路上，他在赵大家借宿，赵大夫妻看上了他的银子，趁他睡着害了他，又把他的尸骨烧成灰，和在泥里做成了这个瓦盆。

  bàn nián qián huí jiā lù shàng tā zài Zhào Dà jiā jièsù Zhào Dà fūqī kàn shàng le tā de yínzi chèn tā shuìzháo hài le tā yòu bǎ tā de shīgǔ shāo chéng huī huò zài ní lǐ zuò chéng le zhè gè wǎpén

  Six months earlier, on his way home, he had stayed the night at Zhao Da's. Zhao Da and his wife coveted his silver and killed him in his sleep, then burned his remains to ash, mixed them into clay and made this basin.

  From the story The tale of the black basin HSK 7–9 · Level 7

• 传说后来，精卫遇到了一只海燕，它不但不笑她傻，反而被她的决心打动，和她结成了夫妻。

  chuánshuō hòulái Jīngwèi yùdào le yì zhī hǎiyàn tā búdàn bú xiào tā shǎ fǎn'ér bèi tā de juéxīn dǎdòng hé tā jié chéng le fūqī

  Legend says that later Jingwei met a petrel; far from laughing at her foolishness, it was moved by her determination, and the two became mates.

  From the story Jingwei fills the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8