师 (Shī): meaning and stroke order

师 in our stories

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• 他离开家，到处拜师学本领，吃了很多苦，却从来没有想过放弃。

  tā líkāi jiā dàochù bài shī xué běnlǐng chī le hěn duō kǔ què cónglái méiyǒu xiǎng guò fàngqì

  He left home and sought teachers everywhere to learn their skills. He went through great hardship but never once thought of giving up.

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

• 他还告诉她，上个月有个大学生专门来拜他为师，说要把这门手艺拍成视频放到网上。

  tā hái gàosu tā shàng gè yuè yǒu gè dàxuéshēng zhuānmén lái bài tā wéi shī shuō yào bǎ zhè mén shǒuyì pāi chéng shìpín fàng dào wǎngshang

  He also told her that last month a university student had come specially to become his apprentice, saying he would film the craft and put it online.

  From the story Old Du on the corner HSK 6

• 古籍修复师柏青的工作室里，来了一位八十多岁的老太太，怀里抱着一本用蓝布包着的旧账本。

  gǔjí xiūfù shī Bǎi Qīng de gōngzuòshì lǐ lái le yí wèi bāshí duō suì de lǎo tàitai huái lǐ bào zhe yì běn yòng lán bù bāo zhe de jiù zhàngběn

  An old lady in her eighties came to the studio of Bai Qing, a restorer of old books, holding an ancient ledger wrapped in blue cloth.

  From the story Words written in rice water HSK 7–9 · Level 7