往 (wǎng): meaning and stroke order

往 in our stories

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• 老奶奶说：“往前走，到第二个路口往左拐，书店就在银行旁边。”

  lǎonǎinai shuō wǎng qián zǒu dào dì-èr gè lùkǒu wǎng zuǒ guǎi shūdiàn jiù zài yínháng pángbiān

  The old lady says, "Go straight on, turn left at the second junction, and the bookshop is next to the bank."

  From the story How do I get to the bookshop? HSK 2

• 他发现，水总是往低处流；与其拦住它，不如给它找一条出路。

  tā fāxiàn shuǐ zǒngshì wǎng dīchù liú yǔqí lán zhù tā bùrú gěi tā zhǎo yì tiáo chūlù

  He saw that water always flows downhill: rather than stopping it, better to give it a way out.

  From the story Yu the Great tames the flood HSK 6

• 它们生下的小鸟，雌的像精卫，雄的像海燕，一直到今天，还在往东海里扔石头。

  tāmen shēng xià de xiǎo niǎo cí de xiàng Jīngwèi xióng de xiàng hǎiyàn yìzhí dào jīntiān hái zài wǎng Dōng Hǎi lǐ rēng shítou

  Of the chicks they raised, the females looked like Jingwei and the males like the petrel, and to this day they are still dropping stones into the Eastern Sea.

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