死 (sǐ): meaning and stroke order

死 in our stories

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• 河里的水很少，菜也快死了。

  hé lǐ de shuǐ hěn shǎo cài yě kuài sǐ le

  There was very little water in the river, and the vegetables were nearly dead.

  From the story The little dragon and the rain HSK 2

• 很多年以后，孔子老了，听说有人打猎的时候打死了一只麒麟。

  hěn duō nián yǐhòu Kǒngzǐ lǎo le tīngshuō yǒurén dǎliè de shíhou dǎ sǐ le yì zhī qílín

  Many years later, when Confucius was old, he heard that hunters had killed a qilin.

  From the story The qilin HSK 4

• 爷爷来店里，给他讲了一个老故事：一个农民看见兔子撞死在树下，就天天守在树旁边，再也不种地了。

  yéye lái diàn lǐ gěi tā jiǎng le yí gè lǎo gùshi yí gè nóngmín kànjiàn tùzi zhuàng sǐ zài shù xià jiù tiāntiān shǒu zài shù pángbiān zài yě bú zhòng dì le

  His grandfather came to the shop and told him an old story: a farmer saw a hare run into a tree and die, so he sat by the tree every day and never worked his field again.

  From the story Waiting by the tree stump HSK 4