蓝 (lán): meaning and stroke order

蓝 in our stories

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• 古籍修复师柏青的工作室里，来了一位八十多岁的老太太，怀里抱着一本用蓝布包着的旧账本。

  gǔjí xiūfù shī Bǎi Qīng de gōngzuòshì lǐ lái le yí wèi bāshí duō suì de lǎo tàitai huái lǐ bào zhe yì běn yòng lán bù bāo zhe de jiù zhàngběn

  An old lady in her eighties came to the studio of Bai Qing, a restorer of old books, holding an ancient ledger wrapped in blue cloth.

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

• 岳峰抬头看了看山顶，那里的天空蓝得发黑，近得好像伸手就能摸到。他又低头看了看玛尔塔发紫的嘴唇。

  Yuè Fēng táitóu kàn le kàn shāndǐng nàli de tiānkōng lán de fāhēi jìn de hǎoxiàng shēnshǒu jiù néng mōdào tā yòu dītóu kàn le kàn Mǎ'ěrtǎ fāzǐ de zuǐchún

  Yue Feng looked up at the summit; the sky there was so blue it was almost black, so close it seemed he could touch it. Then he looked down at Marta's purple lips.

  From the story Two hundred metres from the summit HSK 7–9 · Level 9