tān ㄊㄢ taan1 HSK 7-9

  • paralyzed

Stroke order

Practice writing

Draw 瘫 (1 of 1) — stroke by stroke.

Draw each stroke of the character in order using your mouse or finger. A hint appears after three misses.

Character breakdown

Example sentences

  • 全面罷工癱瘓了整個國家。 The general strike paralyzed the whole country.
  • 他的瘫痪正在恶化,不久他就不能下床了。 His paralysis is progressing, and soon he won't be able to get out of bed.
  • 在你面前有一百万美金。你可以自己留下或帮一个你不认识的快全身瘫痪的人做手术。他不认识你,你也不认识他。当然,无论你慷慨地把所有的钱都捐给了一个素不相识的人去做手术,还是卑鄙地拿走这笔钱,让那个人今生都只能卧床不起,都不会有人知道。你会怎么做呢?这笔钱不可割分。 You've got a million dollars in front of you. You can either spend it for yourself or spend it on a surgery for someone you don't know who is in danger of quadriplegia. You don't know each other. And no one will ever know what a noble deed you've done sacrificing all the money for the surgery for a person you don't know, or how mean you were to take the money confining that person to a wheelchair for the rest of their life. So what would you do? You can't share the money.

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