忽然 (hū rán): meaning and stroke order

忽然 in our stories

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• 回奥斯陆的飞机上，她忽然想通了：家不一定只能有一个。一个家在地图上，另一个，在你用心经营的每一天里。

  huí Àosīlù de fēijī shàng tā hūrán xiǎngtōng le jiā bù yídìng zhǐ néng yǒu yí gè yí gè jiā zài dìtú shàng lìng yí gè zài nǐ yòngxīn jīngyíng de měi yì tiān lǐ

  On the plane back to Oslo it suddenly became clear to her: you don't have to have only one home. One is on the map; the other lives in every day you put your heart into.

  From the story Two homes HSK 7–9 · Level 7

• 有个叫乐广的官员请朋友喝酒，朋友端起酒杯，忽然看见杯里有一条小蛇在游动，碍于面子，硬着头皮喝了下去。

  yǒu gè jiào Yuè Guǎng de guānyuán qǐng péngyou hē jiǔ péngyou duān qǐ jiǔbēi hūrán kànjiàn bēi lǐ yǒu yì tiáo xiǎoshé zài yóudòng àiyú miànzi yìngzhe tóupí hē le xiàqu

  An official called Yue Guang invited a friend to drink. Raising his cup, the friend suddenly saw a little snake swimming in it, but to save face he forced himself to drink it down.

  From the story The bow's reflection in the cup HSK 7–9 · Level 7

• 到黄州的第三年春天，他和几个朋友去沙湖看田。路上，忽然下起了大雨。

  dào Huángzhōu de dì-sān nián chūntiān tā hé jǐ gè péngyou qù Shāhú kàn tián lù shàng hūrán xià qǐ le dà yǔ

  In his third spring in Huangzhou he went with a few friends to Sand Lake to look at farmland. On the way a heavy rain suddenly came down.

  From the story Neither wind and rain nor sunshine HSK 7–9 · Level 9