近 (jìn): meaning and stroke order

近 in our stories

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• 苏禾辞掉了在上海的工作，搬回老家，把父亲送进了离家最近的养老院，每天下午去陪他。

  Sū Hé cídiào le zài Shànghǎi de gōngzuò bān huí lǎojiā bǎ fùqīn sòng jìn le lí jiā zuì jìn de yǎnglǎoyuàn měitiān xiàwǔ qù péi tā

  Su He gave up her job in Shanghai, moved back to her home town, placed her father in the care home nearest the house, and went to be with him every afternoon.

  From the story The song in the thunderstorm HSK 7–9 · Level 8

• 太阳越往西走，夸父离它越近，他甚至能感到阳光像刀子一样割着他的皮肤。

  tàiyáng yuè wǎng xī zǒu Kuāfù lí tā yuè jìn tā shènzhì néng gǎndào yángguāng xiàng dāozi yíyàng gē zhe tā de pífū

  The further west the sun went, the closer Kuafu came, until he could feel the sunlight cutting his skin like knives.

  From the story Kuafu chases the sun HSK 7–9 · Level 9

• 近一千年过去了，很多中国人在遇到挫折的时候，还是会想起那个在雨中拄着竹杖慢慢走的人：也无风雨也无晴。

  jìn yìqiān nián guòqu le hěn duō Zhōngguó rén zài yùdào cuòzhé de shíhou háishi huì xiǎngqǐ nàge zài yǔ zhōng zhǔ zhe zhúzhàng mànmàn zǒu de rén yě wú fēngyǔ yě wú qíng

  Nearly a thousand years later, when many Chinese people meet setbacks, they still think of the man walking slowly through the rain on his bamboo staff: neither wind and rain nor sunshine.

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