砍 (kǎn): meaning and stroke order

砍 in our stories

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• 她一块一块地把石头填进天空的窟窿，又砍下一只巨龟的四条腿，立在大地的四个角，把天重新撑了起来。

  tā yí kuài yí kuài de bǎ shítou tián jìn tiānkōng de kūlong yòu kǎn xià yì zhī jùguī de sì tiáo tuǐ lì zài dàdì de sì gè jiǎo bǎ tiān chóngxīn chēng le qǐlai

  One by one she filled the hole with the stones, then cut off the four legs of a giant turtle and set them at the four corners of the earth to prop up the sky again.

  From the story Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7

• 李靖以为是妖怪，拔剑一砍，肉球裂开，从里面跳出一个白白胖胖的男孩，手上套着一只金圈，身上围着一条红绫。

  Lǐ Jìng yǐwéi shì yāoguài bá jiàn yì kǎn ròuqiú liè kāi cóng lǐmiàn tiào chū yí gè báibáipàngpàng de nánhái shǒu shàng tào zhe yì zhī jīn quān shēn shàng wéi zhe yì tiáo hóng líng

  Thinking it was a demon, Li Jing drew his sword and struck; the ball split open and out jumped a plump, fair boy with a gold ring on his wrist and a red silk sash around his body.

  From the story Nezha stirs up the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8

• 很久以前，有一个人在鼻尖上抹了一点薄得像苍蝇翅膀的白灰，请一位木匠用斧头把它砍掉。

  hěn jiǔ yǐqián yǒu yí gè rén zài bíjiān shàng mǒ le yì diǎn báo de xiàng cāngying chìbǎng de bái huī qǐng yí wèi mùjiang yòng fǔtou bǎ tā kǎn diào

  Once there was a man who daubed a speck of white plaster, as thin as a fly's wing, on the tip of his nose and asked a carpenter to chop it off with an axe.

  From the story The happiness of fish HSK 7–9 · Level 8