家里 (jiā lǐ): meaning and stroke order

家里 in our stories

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• 从前，有一个年轻的农民，家里很穷，每天一个人在田里干活。

  cóngqián yǒu yí gè niánqīng de nóngmín jiāli hěn qióng měitiān yí gè rén zài tián lǐ gànhuó

  Once upon a time there was a young farmer. He was very poor and worked alone in the fields every day.

  From the story The river-snail girl HSK 4

• 大三那年，她偷偷报了一个周末的甜点班，每个星期六都跟家里说去图书馆。

  dàsān nà nián tā tōutōu bào le yí gè zhōumò de tiándiǎn bān měi gè xīngqīliù dōu gēn jiāli shuō qù túshūguǎn

  In her third year she secretly signed up for a weekend pastry course, and every Saturday she told her family she was going to the library.

  From the story The three-tier cake HSK 5

• “这是我太爷爷留下的，”老太太说，“家里人都说，里面藏着一个秘密，可谁也没找到。”

  zhè shì wǒ tàiyéye liúxià de lǎo tàitai shuō jiāli rén dōu shuō lǐmiàn cáng zhe yí gè mìmì kě shéi yě méi zhǎodào

  "My great-grandfather left this," she said. "The family always said there was a secret hidden in it, but nobody ever found it."

  From the story Words written in rice water HSK 7–9 · Level 7