草鞋 (cǎo xié): meaning and stroke order

草鞋 in our stories

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• 北宋的时候，定远县住着一个卖草鞋的老人，叫张别古。

  Běi Sòng de shíhou Dìngyuǎn Xiàn zhù zhe yí gè mài cǎoxié de lǎorén jiào Zhāng Biégǔ

  In the Northern Song dynasty, in Dingyuan county, there lived an old man who sold straw sandals, called Zhang Biegu.

  From the story The tale of the black basin HSK 7–9 · Level 7

• 只有苏东坡不慌不忙，拄着竹杖，穿着草鞋，在雨中一边走一边吟诗，好像这场雨跟他没有关系。

  zhǐyǒu Sū Dōngpō bùhuāngbùmáng zhǔ zhe zhúzhàng chuān zhe cǎoxié zài yǔ zhōng yìbiān zǒu yìbiān yín shī hǎoxiàng zhè cháng yǔ gēn tā méiyǒu guānxì

  Only Su Dongpo was unhurried: leaning on his bamboo staff and wearing straw sandals, he walked on through the rain chanting poetry, as if the rain had nothing to do with him.

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