某 (mǒu): meaning and stroke order

某 in our stories

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• 有一户人家的族谱上，竟然也记着一句话：“光绪某年大饥，赖米店主人暗中接济，得以活命。”

  yǒu yí hù rénjiā de zúpǔ shàng jìngrán yě jì zhe yí jù huà Guāngxù mǒu nián dà jī lài mǐ diàn zhǔrén ànzhōng jiējì déyǐ huómìng

  In one family's genealogy there was, astonishingly, this line: "In a year of great famine under Guangxu, we survived thanks to the secret help of the rice-shop owner."

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

• 后来，“叶公好龙”成了一个常用的成语，比喻表面上爱好某种东西，实际上并不真的喜欢，甚至害怕它。

  hòulái yègōnghàolóng chéng le yí gè chángyòng de chéngyǔ bǐyù biǎomiànshang àihào mǒu zhǒng dōngxi shíjìshang bìng bù zhēn de xǐhuan shènzhì hàipà tā

  Later "Lord Ye loves dragons" became a common idiom for someone who seems to love something but in fact doesn't really like it, and may even fear it.

  From the story Lord Ye loves dragons HSK 7–9 · Level 9

• 书中记着这样一个案子。某天清晨，有人在村外的小路旁发现了一具尸体，身上有十几处伤口。

  shū zhōng jì zhe zhèyàng yí gè ànzi mǒu tiān qīngchén yǒu rén zài cūn wài de xiǎolù páng fāxiàn le yí jù shītǐ shēnshang yǒu shíjǐ chù shāngkǒu

  The book records a case like this. Early one morning someone found a body beside a path outside a village, with more than ten wounds on it.

  From the story The flies that solved the case HSK 7–9 · Level 9