考 (kǎo): meaning and stroke order

考 in our stories

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• 她考上了医学院，成绩也不错，可是只有在厨房里做蛋糕的时候，她才觉得自己是真正快乐的。

  tā kǎo shàng le yīxuéyuàn chéngjì yě búcuò kěshì zhǐyǒu zài chúfáng lǐ zuò dàngāo de shíhou tā cái juéde zìjǐ shì zhēnzhèng kuàilè de

  She got into medical school and did well, but only when she was baking cakes in the kitchen did she feel truly happy.

  From the story The three-tier cake HSK 5

• 许多年后，她的儿子考中了状元，回到塔前祭拜母亲。据说他的孝心感动了上天，雷峰塔倒了，母子终于团聚。

  xǔduō nián hòu tā de érzi kǎo zhōng le zhuàngyuan huídào tǎ qián jìbài mǔqīn jùshuō tā de xiàoxīn gǎndòng le shàngtiān Léifēng Tǎ dǎo le mǔzǐ zhōngyú tuánjù

  Many years later her son came first in the imperial examinations and returned to the pagoda to honour his mother. It is said his devotion moved Heaven: the Leifeng Pagoda fell, and mother and son were at last reunited.

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

• 二十年后，他的一个学生考中了进士，专门回来看他，说：“先生，我跳过龙门了。”

  èrshí nián hòu tā de yí gè xuésheng kǎo zhòng le jìnshì zhuānmén huílai kàn tā shuō xiānsheng wǒ tiào guò Lóngmén le

  Twenty years later one of his students passed the palace examination and came back specially to see him. "Teacher," he said, "I have leapt the Dragon Gate."

  From the story The Dragon Gate and the ordinary fish HSK 7–9 · Level 9