填 (tián): meaning and stroke order

填 in our stories

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• 她一块一块地把石头填进天空的窟窿，又砍下一只巨龟的四条腿，立在大地的四个角，把天重新撑了起来。

  tā yí kuài yí kuài de bǎ shítou tián jìn tiānkōng de kūlong yòu kǎn xià yì zhī jùguī de sì tiáo tuǐ lì zài dàdì de sì gè jiǎo bǎ tiān chóngxīn chēng le qǐlai

  One by one she filled the hole with the stones, then cut off the four legs of a giant turtle and set them at the four corners of the earth to prop up the sky again.

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

• 她要把这片夺走了她生命的大海填平，不让它再害别的孩子。

  tā yào bǎ zhè piàn duózǒu le tā shēngmìng de dàhǎi tián píng bú ràng tā zài hài biéde háizi

  She meant to fill in the sea that had taken her life, so that it could never harm another child.

  From the story Jingwei fills the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8