花 (huā): meaning and stroke order

花 in our stories

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• 可是他觉得还不够漂亮，就加了很多花、星星和小动物。

  kěshì tā juéde hái bú gòu piàoliang jiù jiā le hěn duō huā xīngxing hé xiǎo dòngwù

  But he thinks it isn't pretty enough, so he adds lots of flowers, stars and little animals.

  From the story Drawing legs on a snake HSK 3

• 学校图书馆最近出了一件怪事：每个星期一早上，还书箱里都会多出一本旧书，书里夹着一朵干花。

  xuéxiào túshūguǎn zuìjìn chū le yí jiàn guàishì měi gè xīngqīyī zǎoshang huánshūxiāng lǐ dōu huì duō chū yì běn jiù shū shū lǐ jiā zhe yì duǒ gān huā

  Something odd had been happening at the university library: every Monday morning there was an extra old book in the return box, with a dried flower pressed inside.

  From the story Flowers in the book return HSK 5

• 与其花半年写软件，不如先做个简单的试验。

  yǔqí huā bàn nián xiě ruǎnjiàn bùrú xiān zuò gè jiǎndān de shìyàn

  Rather than spend six months writing software, they decided, better to run a simple test first.

  From the story Fifty sheets of paper HSK 5