爬 (pá): meaning and stroke order

爬 in our stories

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• “小偷一定是从窗户爬进来的！”她一边说，一边用手擦着眼泪。

  xiǎotōu yídìng shì cóng chuānghu pá jìnlai de tā yìbiān shuō yìbiān yòng shǒu cā zhe yǎnlèi

  "The thief must have climbed in through the window!" she said, wiping away her tears.

  From the story The dry floor HSK 6

• 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

• 为了登上珠穆朗玛峰，岳峰准备了整整七年：攒钱、训练、爬了十几座六千米以上的雪山。

  wèile dēngshàng Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng Yuè Fēng zhǔnbèi le zhěngzhěng qī nián zǎn qián xùnliàn pá le shíjǐ zuò liùqiān mǐ yǐshàng de xuěshān

  To climb Mount Everest, Yue Feng prepared for seven whole years: saving money, training and climbing more than a dozen snow peaks over six thousand metres.

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