裂缝 (liè fèng): meaning and stroke order

裂缝 in our stories

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• 单子上写着：“海兴号”船底有裂缝，必须马上修理。可是在下面，公司老板用红笔批了两个字：“缓修。”

  dānzi shàng xiě zhe Hǎixīng hào chuándǐ yǒu lièfèng bìxū mǎshàng xiūlǐ kěshì zài xiàmiàn gōngsī lǎobǎn yòng hóng bǐ pī le liǎng gè zì huǎn xiū

  It said the Haixing's hull was cracked and had to be repaired at once. But underneath, the company owner had written two words in red ink: "Delay repair."

  From the story The storm that never was HSK 7–9 · Level 8

• 去年秋天，设计专业毕业的温然来这里当学徒。她手巧，学得快，可心里一直有个疑问：现在有各种胶水，能把裂缝补得几乎看不见，何必还要在瓷器上打钉子呢？

  qùnián qiūtiān shèjì zhuānyè bìyè de Wēn Rán lái zhèli dāng xuétú tā shǒu qiǎo xué de kuài kě xīnli yìzhí yǒu gè yíwèn xiànzài yǒu gèzhǒng jiāoshuǐ néng bǎ lièfèng bǔ de jīhū kàn bú jiàn hébì hái yào zài cíqì shàng dǎ dīngzi ne

  Last autumn Wen Ran, a design graduate, came here as an apprentice. She was deft and learned fast, but one question kept nagging her: glue nowadays can make a crack almost invisible, so why bother putting rivets into porcelain?

  From the story Mending the bowl HSK 7–9 · Level 9