叶 (yè): meaning and stroke order

叶 in our stories

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• 回来以后，他写下了一首词，就是流传至今的“定风波”。开头两句是：莫听穿林打叶声，何妨吟啸且徐行。

  huílai yǐhòu tā xiě xià le yì shǒu cí jiùshì liúchuán zhìjīn de Dìngfēngbō kāitóu liǎng jù shì mò tīng chuān lín dǎ yè shēng héfáng yín xiào qiě xú xíng

  When he got back he wrote a lyric, the "Calming the Waves" still known today. It begins: "Don't listen to the rain piercing the woods and beating the leaves; why not chant and whistle and walk on slowly?"

  From the story Neither wind and rain nor sunshine HSK 7–9 · Level 9

• “问题是他家那棵柿子树，一半的树枝都伸到了我家院子里。秋天落叶，把我家的排水沟堵得死死的；熟透的柿子掉下来，砸在玻璃顶上，砰砰响，半夜都能把人吓醒。”

  wèntí shì tā jiā nà kē shìzishù yíbàn de shùzhī dōu shēn dào le wǒ jiā yuànzi lǐ qiūtiān luò yè bǎ wǒ jiā de páishuǐgōu dǔ de sǐsǐ de shútòu de shìzi diào xiàlai zá zài bōli dǐng shàng pēngpēng xiǎng bànyè dōu néng bǎ rén xià xǐng

  "The problem is his persimmon tree: half its branches reach into my garden. In autumn the leaves block my drains solid, and ripe persimmons drop onto the glass roof—bang, bang—loud enough to scare you awake at midnight."

  From the story The persimmon tree over the wall HSK 7–9 · Level 9