江 (jiāng): meaning and stroke order

江 in our stories

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• 比赛以前，曾琳用蹩脚的德语给大家讲了屈原的故事：两千多年前，一位诗人跳进了江里，人们划着船去找他。

  bǐsài yǐqián Zēng Lín yòng biéjiǎo de Déyǔ gěi dàjiā jiǎng le Qū Yuán de gùshi liǎngqiān duō nián qián yí wèi shīrén tiào jìn le jiāng lǐ rénmen huá zhe chuán qù zhǎo tā

  Before the race Zeng Lin told everyone the story of Qu Yuan in her clumsy German: more than two thousand years ago a poet jumped into a river, and people rowed out to search for him.

  From the story Dragon boats in Hamburg HSK 5

• 大禹没有急着动手，而是走遍了大江大河，把每一处的地形都仔细地记了下来。

  Dà Yǔ méiyǒu jízhe dòngshǒu érshì zǒubiàn le dà jiāng dà hé bǎ měi yí chù de dìxíng dōu zǐxì de jì le xiàlai

  Yu did not rush in. Instead he travelled every great river and carefully recorded the lie of the land at every point.

  From the story Yu the Great tames the flood HSK 6

• 白素贞一气之下，调动江里的虾兵蟹将，引来滔天的洪水，淹向金山寺。这就是有名的“水漫金山”。

  Bái Sùzhēn yíqìzhīxià diàodòng jiāng lǐ de xiābīngxièjiàng yǐnlái tāotiān de hóngshuǐ yān xiàng Jīnshān Sì zhè jiùshì yǒumíng de shuǐmànjīnshān

  In her fury Bai Suzhen summoned the shrimp soldiers and crab generals of the river and brought a towering flood against Jinshan Temple. This is the famous "Flooding of Jinshan".

  From the story The Legend of the White Snake HSK 7–9 · Level 9