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Definition(s) for: 虾兵蟹将

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
虾兵蟹将 xiā bīng xiè jiàng - shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea)
- useless troops (idiom)

List Ranking:

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 98,906 62,832

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- used in 蝦蟆|虾蟆[ha2ma5]
xiā- shrimp
- prawn
bīng- soldiers
- a force
- an army
- weapons
- arms
- military
- warlike
- CL:個|个[ge4]
xiè- crab
xiè- variant of 蟹[xie4]
jiāng- will
- shall
- to use
- to take
- to checkmate
- just a short while ago
- (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])
jiàng- (bound form) a general
- (literary) to command; to lead
- (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
qiāng- to desire
- to invite
- to request

Other Words Containing 虾兵蟹将

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo