穷 (qióng): meaning and stroke order

穷 in our stories

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• 从前，有一个年轻的农民，家里很穷，每天一个人在田里干活。

  cóngqián yǒu yí gè niánqīng de nóngmín jiāli hěn qióng měitiān yí gè rén zài tián lǐ gànhuó

  Once upon a time there was a young farmer. He was very poor and worked alone in the fields every day.

  From the story The river-snail girl HSK 4

• 她爱上了一个穷书生，不顾天上的规矩，跟他结了婚，还生了一个儿子，叫沉香。

  tā ài shàng le yí gè qióng shūshēng búgù tiānshàng de guīju gēn tā jié le hūn hái shēng le yí gè érzi jiào Chénxiāng

  She fell in love with a poor scholar and, ignoring the rules of heaven, married him and had a son called Chenxiang.

  From the story Splitting the mountain to save his mother HSK 5

• 那时候他们穷得连空调都装不起，夏天光着膀子写程序，饿了就泡一碗方便面分着吃。

  nà shíhou tāmen qióng de lián kōngtiáo dōu zhuāng bù qǐ xiàtiān guāng zhe bǎngzi xiě chéngxù è le jiù pào yì wǎn fāngbiànmiàn fēn zhe chī

  Back then they were too poor even for air conditioning. In summer they coded shirtless, and when they were hungry they shared a bowl of instant noodles.

  From the story The day he rang the bell HSK 7–9 · Level 7