样子 (yàng zi): meaning and stroke order

样子 in our stories

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• 虽然样子很厉害，但是它非常善良，走路的时候连小草都舍不得踩。

  suīrán yàngzi hěn lìhai dànshì tā fēicháng shànliáng zǒulù de shíhou lián xiǎo cǎo dōu shěbude cǎi

  It may look fierce, but it is very kind: when it walks it cannot bear to tread on even a blade of grass.

  From the story The qilin HSK 4

• 子涵没有争吵。妈妈生日那天，她端出了一个自己做的三层蛋糕，上面用奶油画着妈妈年轻时穿白大褂的样子。

  Zǐhán méiyǒu zhēngchǎo māma shēngrì nà tiān tā duān chū le yí gè zìjǐ zuò de sān céng dàngāo shàngmiàn yòng nǎiyóu huà zhe māma niánqīng shí chuān báidàguà de yàngzi

  Zihan didn't argue. On her mother's birthday she brought out a three-tier cake she had made, with her mother as a young doctor in a white coat piped on top in cream.

  From the story The three-tier cake HSK 5

• 顾青从小就喜欢画画，他点上蜡烛，照着前一半的样子，一直画到天亮。

  Gù Qīng cóngxiǎo jiù xǐhuan huàhuà tā diǎn shàng làzhú zhàozhe qián yí bàn de yàngzi yìzhí huà dào tiān liàng

  Gu Qing had loved painting since childhood. He lit a candle and, following the style of the first half, painted until dawn.

  From the story The girl in the painting HSK 5