意思 (yì si): meaning and stroke order

意思 in our stories

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• 奶奶说：“吃鱼，就是‘年年有余’的意思。”

  nǎinai shuō chī yú jiùshì niánnián yǒu yú de yìsi

  Grandma says, "Eating fish means 'plenty year after year'."

  From the story New Year at Grandma and Grandpa's HSK 2

• 他在晚年写下了一本书，叫“洗冤集录”，意思是洗清冤屈的记录，这是世界上最早的系统的法医学著作之一。

  tā zài wǎnnián xiě xià le yì běn shū jiào Xǐyuān Jílù yìsi shì xǐ qīng yuānqū de jìlù zhè shì shìjiè shàng zuì zǎo de xìtǒng de fǎyīxué zhùzuò zhīyī

  In his later years he wrote a book called Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified—a record of washing away wrongs—one of the world's earliest systematic works of forensic medicine.

  From the story The flies that solved the case HSK 7–9 · Level 9

• 意思是：别去管那穿过树林、打在叶子上的雨声，不如一边吟诗一边慢慢地走。

  yìsi shì bié qù guǎn nà chuānguò shùlín dǎ zài yèzi shàng de yǔshēng bùrú yìbiān yín shī yìbiān mànmàn de zǒu

  That is: pay no attention to the sound of rain going through the trees and hitting the leaves; better to chant poetry and walk on slowly.

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