林 (lín): meaning and stroke order

林 in our stories

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• 为了感谢他，林老师送了他一张当天晚上的票。

  wèile gǎnxiè tā Lín lǎoshī sòng le tā yì zhāng dàngtiān wǎnshang de piào

  To thank him, Ms Lin gave him a ticket for that evening.

  From the story The identical suitcase HSK 4

• 晋文公后来想起了这件事，十分惭愧，亲自上山去请，可是山高林密，怎么也找不到人。

  Jìn Wéngōng hòulái xiǎng qǐ le zhè jiàn shì shífēn cánkuì qīnzì shàngshān qù qǐng kěshì shān gāo Lín mì zěnme yě zhǎo bú dào rén

  When Duke Wen later remembered, he was deeply ashamed and went up the mountain himself to invite him back, but the mountain was high and the forest dense, and he could not find him.

  From the story Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7

• 回来以后，他写下了一首词，就是流传至今的“定风波”。开头两句是：莫听穿林打叶声，何妨吟啸且徐行。

  huílai yǐhòu tā xiě xià le yì shǒu cí jiùshì liúchuán zhìjīn de Dìngfēngbō kāitóu liǎng jù shì mò tīng chuān lín dǎ yè shēng héfáng yín xiào qiě xú xíng

  When he got back he wrote a lyric, the "Calming the Waves" still known today. It begins: "Don't listen to the rain piercing the woods and beating the leaves; why not chant and whistle and walk on slowly?"

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