泥 (ní): meaning and stroke order

泥 in our stories

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• 半年前回家路上，他在赵大家借宿，赵大夫妻看上了他的银子，趁他睡着害了他，又把他的尸骨烧成灰，和在泥里做成了这个瓦盆。

  bàn nián qián huí jiā lù shàng tā zài Zhào Dà jiā jièsù Zhào Dà fūqī kàn shàng le tā de yínzi chèn tā shuìzháo hài le tā yòu bǎ tā de shīgǔ shāo chéng huī huò zài ní lǐ zuò chéng le zhè gè wǎpén

  Six months earlier, on his way home, he had stayed the night at Zhao Da's. Zhao Da and his wife coveted his silver and killed him in his sleep, then burned his remains to ash, mixed them into clay and made this basin.

  From the story The tale of the black basin HSK 7–9 · Level 7

• 惠子做过魏国的宰相，喜欢讲逻辑，什么事都要问个为什么；庄子却宁可当一只在泥里自由爬的乌龟，也不愿意做官。

  Huìzǐ zuò guò Wèiguó de zǎixiàng xǐhuan jiǎng luójí shénme shì dōu yào wèn gè wèishénme Zhuāngzǐ què nìngkě dāng yì zhī zài ní lǐ zìyóu pá de wūguī yě bú yuànyì zuòguān

  Huizi had been chancellor of Wei and loved logic; he had to ask why about everything. Zhuangzi, by contrast, would rather be a tortoise crawling freely in the mud than become an official.

  From the story The happiness of fish HSK 7–9 · Level 8