花纹 (huā wén): meaning and stroke order

花纹 in our stories

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• 乐广听说后，回到那天喝酒的地方，抬头一看，墙上挂着一张弓，弓上画着蛇的花纹，影子正好映在酒杯里。

  Yuè Guǎng tīngshuō hòu huídào nà tiān hē jiǔ de dìfang tái tóu yí kàn qiáng shàng guà zhe yì zhāng gōng gōng shàng huà zhe shé de huāwén yǐngzi zhènghǎo yìng zài jiǔbēi lǐ

  When Yue Guang heard, he went back to where they had been drinking and looked up: on the wall hung a bow painted with a snake pattern, and its reflection fell right into the wine cup.

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

• 书里说，有一座发鸠山，山上住着一种小鸟，头上有花纹，嘴是白的，脚是红的，叫起来像在喊自己的名字：“精卫！精卫！”

  shū lǐ shuō yǒu yí zuò Fājiū Shān shān shàng zhù zhe yì zhǒng xiǎo niǎo tóu shàng yǒu huāwén zuǐ shì bái de jiǎo shì hóng de jiào qǐlai xiàng zài hǎn zìjǐ de míngzi Jīngwèi Jīngwèi

  It says that on Mount Fajiu there lives a small bird with a patterned head, a white beak and red feet, whose cry sounds as if it is calling its own name: "Jingwei! Jingwei!"

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