伤 (shāng): meaning and stroke order

伤 in our stories

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• 更可怕的是，天空破了一个大窟窿，大火从天上烧下来，洪水从地下涌出来，猛兽四处伤人。

  gèng kěpà de shì tiānkōng pò le yí gè dà kūlong dà huǒ cóng tiān shàng shāo xiàlai hóngshuǐ cóng dì xià yǒng chūlai měngshòu sìchù shāng rén

  Worse still, a great hole tore open in the sky: fire rained down from above, floods gushed up from below, and wild beasts attacked people everywhere.

  From the story Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7

• 木匠挥起斧头，呼的一声，白灰没了，鼻子却一点儿也没有伤着；那个人站在那儿，脸色都没变。

  mùjiang huī qǐ fǔtou hū de yì shēng bái huī méi le bízi què yìdiǎnr yě méiyǒu shāng zháo nà gè rén zhàn zài nàr liǎnsè dōu méi biàn

  The carpenter swung his axe with a whoosh, and the plaster was gone without the nose being scratched; the man stood there without even changing colour.

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

• 原来他的膝盖上个月就受了伤，医生劝他休息，可他早就答应了组委会，不想让跟着气球的人找不到方向。

  yuánlái tā de xīgài shàng gè yuè jiù shòu le shāng yīshēng quàn tā xiūxi kě tā zǎojiù dāying le zǔwěihuì bù xiǎng ràng gēn zhe qìqiú de rén zhǎo bú dào fāngxiàng

  It turned out he had hurt his knee the month before and the doctor had told him to rest, but he had long since promised the organisers and didn't want the runners following his balloon to lose their way.

  From the story The four-hour balloon HSK 7–9 · Level 9