一半 (yī bàn): meaning and stroke order

一半 in our stories

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• 一个星期后，他在那家公司上班了。又过了半年，北京那家大公司因为经营问题，裁掉了一半的员工。

  yí gè xīngqī hòu tā zài nà jiā gōngsī shàngbān le yòu guò le bàn nián Běijīng nà jiā dà gōngsī yīnwèi jīngyíng wèntí cáidiào le yíbàn de yuángōng

  A week later he started work there. Six months after that, the big Beijing company, in trouble, laid off half its staff.

  From the story The old man who lost his horse HSK 6

• 嫘祖听说以后，病好像一下子好了一半。她亲自来到桑树林，一连观察了好几天。

  Léizǔ tīngshuō yǐhòu bìng hǎoxiàng yíxiàzi hǎo le yíbàn tā qīnzì láidào sāngshùlín yìlián guānchá le hǎojǐ tiān

  When Leizu heard, she seemed half cured at once. She went to the mulberry grove herself and watched it for several days in a row.

  From the story Leizu and the silkworm HSK 7–9 · Level 8

• 可是半年过去了，他的粉丝只有三百个，其中一半还是以前的同事。

  kěshì bànnián guòqu le tā de fěnsī zhǐ yǒu sānbǎi gè qízhōng yíbàn háishi yǐqián de tóngshì

  But after six months he had only three hundred followers, half of them former colleagues.

  From the story Pulling noodles is a workout too HSK 7–9 · Level 8