行 (xíng): meaning and stroke order

行 in our stories

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• 十年前，苗立和大学室友钟远在出租屋里写下了第一行代码，两人约定：这家公司永远是“我们的”。

  shí nián qián Miáo Lì hé dàxué shìyǒu Zhōng Yuǎn zài chūzūwū lǐ xiě xià le dì-yī háng dàimǎ liǎng rén yuēdìng zhè jiā gōngsī yǒngyuǎn shì wǒmen de

  Ten years earlier, Miao Li and his university roommate Zhong Yuan wrote their first line of code in a rented room and made a pact: this company would always be "ours".

  From the story The day he rang the bell HSK 7–9 · Level 7

• 名字的最后，有一行小字：“荒年，官府禁止私放粮食，然人命关天，不敢见死不救。记此，勿让子孙忘。”

  míngzi de zuìhòu yǒu yì háng xiǎozì huāngnián guānfǔ jìnzhǐ sī fàng liángshi rán rénmìng guān tiān bù gǎn jiàn sǐ bú jiù jì cǐ wù ràng zǐsūn wàng

  After the names came a line in small script: "Famine year. The authorities forbid private grain relief, yet human life is at stake; I dare not stand by and let people die. I record this so my descendants will not forget."

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

• 三十四岁的会计殷悦第一次报名参加马拉松，是因为体检报告上的一行字：“长期压力过大，建议规律运动。”

  sānshísì suì de kuàijì Yīn Yuè dì-yī cì bàomíng cānjiā mǎlāsōng shì yīnwèi tǐjiǎn bàogào shàng de yì háng zì chángqī yālì guò dà jiànyì guīlǜ yùndòng

  Yin Yue, a thirty-four-year-old accountant, signed up for her first marathon because of one line in her health-check report: "Long-term excessive stress; regular exercise recommended."

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