然后 (rán hòu): meaning and stroke order

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• 沉香回到华山，打败了舅舅二郎神，然后举起神斧，用尽全身的力气向山劈下去。

  Chénxiāng huídào Huà Shān dǎbài le jiùjiu Èrláng Shén ránhòu jǔ qǐ shén fǔ yòngjìn quánshēn de lìqi xiàng shān pī xiàqu

  Chenxiang returned to Mount Hua, defeated his uncle Erlang Shen, then raised the axe and brought it down on the mountain with all his strength.

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

• 他又低头看了看窗户下面的木地板，然后问：“今天晚上的雨，是几点开始下的？”

  tā yòu dī tóu kàn le kàn chuānghu xiàmiàn de mù dìbǎn ránhòu wèn jīntiān wǎnshang de yǔ shì jǐ diǎn kāishǐ xià de

  Then he looked down at the wooden floor under the window and asked, "What time did the rain start tonight?"

  From the story The dry floor HSK 6

• 马修愣住了，然后哈哈大笑，把筷子一放，认真地对王总说：“王总，这顿饭，我恐怕要吃到明年了！”

  Mǎxiū lèng zhù le ránhòu hāhā dà xiào bǎ kuàizi yí fàng rènzhēn de duì Wáng zǒng shuō Wáng zǒng zhè dùn fàn wǒ kǒngpà yào chī dào míngnián le

  Matthew froze, then roared with laughter, put down his chopsticks and said solemnly to Mr Wang, "Mr Wang, I'm afraid I'd have been eating this meal until next year!"

  From the story The banquet that never ended HSK 6