winter leather shoes (Northeast China)
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Meanings
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wula; traditional Northeastern Chinese winter shoes made of leather and lined with Ural grass
dialectSpecific to the Northeastern (Manchurian) dialect region. The shoes are traditionally lined with 乌拉草 (wūlācǎo / Carex meyeriana) for insulation against the cold. Also written as 靰鞡.
Yé爷
ye爷
cóng从
xiāng箱
dǐ底
fān翻
chū出
le了
tā他
nián年
qīng轻
shí时
chuān穿
de的
wū乌
la拉
。
Grandfather pulled out the wula shoes he wore when he was young from the bottom of the trunk.
Dōng东
běi北
de的
dōng冬
tiān天
hěn很
lěng冷
，
wū乌
la拉
lǐ里
miàn面
diàn垫
le了
wū乌
la拉
cǎo草
tè特
bié别
nuǎn暖
huo和
。
Northeastern winters are very cold, but wula shoes lined with Ural grass are especially warm.
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Tā他
jiǎo脚
shang上
dēng蹬
zhe着
yī一
shuāng双
jiù旧
wù靰
la鞡
，
zài在
xuě雪
dì地
lǐ里
gǎn赶
lù路
。
He trudged through the snow in a pair of old wula shoes.