游 (yóu): meaning and stroke order

游 in our stories

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• 它累得游不动了，可是还是没有回家。

  tā lèi de yóu bú dòng le kěshì háishi méiyǒu huí jiā

  It was too tired to swim, but it still didn't go home.

  From the story The little carp's decision HSK 3

• 有一天，两人在濠水的桥上散步。庄子看着水里游来游去的小鱼，说：“鱼在水里游得多么自在，这就是鱼的快乐啊。”

  yǒu yì tiān liǎng rén zài Háoshuǐ de qiáo shàng sànbù Zhuāngzǐ kànzhe shuǐ lǐ yóuláiyóuqù de xiǎo yú shuō yú zài shuǐ lǐ yóu de duōme zìzai zhè jiùshì yú de kuàilè a

  One day the two were strolling on a bridge over the Hao River. Watching the little fish darting about, Zhuangzi said: "How freely the fish swim—this is the happiness of fish."

  From the story The happiness of fish HSK 7–9 · Level 8

• 艄公说：“每年这个时候，黄河上下的鲤鱼都游到这里来。传说跳过龙门的鱼，天上会降下一团火，烧掉它的尾巴，它才能化为龙。”

  shāogōng shuō měi nián zhège shíhou Huáng Hé shàngxià de lǐyú dōu yóu dào zhèli lái chuánshuō tiào guò Lóngmén de yú tiānshàng huì jiàng xià yì tuán huǒ shāo diào tā de wěiba tā cái néng huà wéi lóng

  The boatman said, "Every year at this time the carp from all along the Yellow River swim here. The legend says that when a fish leaps the gate, a ball of fire comes down from the sky and burns off its tail, and only then can it turn into a dragon."

  From the story The Dragon Gate and the ordinary fish HSK 7–9 · Level 9