Summary: Learn how to write & pronounce the Chinese symbol (character) for sandals in this free Chinese language lesson on video.
"After "athletic shoes", let's learn what is the Chinese word for "sandals", "liang xie". "Xie" is "shoes" in Chinese, and "liang" means "cool", or you can say "cooler". It's very easy to understand when you're wearing sandals, you feel much cooler. Very comfortable in the summer, so this is "liang". And "liang", the character "liang" contains the ice radical. This is the radical that means ice, that means it's very cold, it's very cool. "Xie", the last stroke is the vertical. Okay, "liang xie" again. And this vertical hook, and then two dots on the left and right. "Liang xie", "sandals". "
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