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cǎo

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Meaning of 乌拉草

乌拉草 means perennial herbaceous plant (Carex meyeriana) with slender leaves and green-brown flower spikes; used for padding shoes to keep warm. Pronounced wù la cǎo.

  • perennial herbaceous plant (Carex meyeriana) with slender leaves and green-brown flower spikes; used for padding shoes to keep warm

Definitions & Examples

Dōng
běi
rén
guò
cháng
la
cǎo
diàn
zài
xié
nuǎn
 

People in the Northeast used to put wula grass in their shoes to keep warm.

la
cǎo
Cháng
bái
shān
rén
shēn
 
Dōng
běi
diāo
bìng
chēng
wéi
Dōng
běi
sān
bǎo
 

Wula grass, Changbai Mountain ginseng, and Northeast marten fur are collectively known as the Three Treasures of Northeast China.

Nóng
mín
zài
qiū
tiān
xià
la
cǎo
 
zhǔn
bèi
dōng
tiān
diàn
xié
yòng
 

Farmers cut wula grass in autumn to prepare for padding shoes in winter.

Zhè
zhǒng
cǎo
shài
gān
hòu
chuí
ruǎn
le
jiù
shì
hěn
hǎo
de
bǎo
nuǎn
cái
liào
 

After being dried and softened by beating, this grass becomes excellent insulating material.

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