秋天 (qiū tiān): meaning and stroke order

秋天 in our stories

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• 去年秋天，设计专业毕业的温然来这里当学徒。她手巧，学得快，可心里一直有个疑问：现在有各种胶水，能把裂缝补得几乎看不见，何必还要在瓷器上打钉子呢？

  qùnián qiūtiān shèjì zhuānyè bìyè de Wēn Rán lái zhèli dāng xuétú tā shǒu qiǎo xué de kuài kě xīnli yìzhí yǒu gè yíwèn xiànzài yǒu gèzhǒng jiāoshuǐ néng bǎ lièfèng bǔ de jīhū kàn bú jiàn hébì hái yào zài cíqì shàng dǎ dīngzi ne

  Last autumn Wen Ran, a design graduate, came here as an apprentice. She was deft and learned fast, but one question kept nagging her: glue nowadays can make a crack almost invisible, so why bother putting rivets into porcelain?

  From the story Mending the bowl HSK 7–9 · Level 9

• “问题是他家那棵柿子树，一半的树枝都伸到了我家院子里。秋天落叶，把我家的排水沟堵得死死的；熟透的柿子掉下来，砸在玻璃顶上，砰砰响，半夜都能把人吓醒。”

  wèntí shì tā jiā nà kē shìzishù yíbàn de shùzhī dōu shēn dào le wǒ jiā yuànzi lǐ qiūtiān luò yè bǎ wǒ jiā de páishuǐgōu dǔ de sǐsǐ de shútòu de shìzi diào xiàlai zá zài bōli dǐng shàng pēngpēng xiǎng bànyè dōu néng bǎ rén xià xǐng

  "The problem is his persimmon tree: half its branches reach into my garden. In autumn the leaves block my drains solid, and ripe persimmons drop onto the glass roof—bang, bang—loud enough to scare you awake at midnight."

  From the story The persimmon tree over the wall HSK 7–9 · Level 9