虾兵蟹将 — Chinese idiom
虾兵蟹将
xiā bīng xiè jiàng
Traditional: 蝦兵蟹將
Meaning
- shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea)
- useless troops
Character by character
- 虾xiāshrimp, prawn
- 兵bīngsoldier; troops, an army; warlike
- 蟹xiècrab, brachyura
- 将jiàngthe future, what will be; ready, prepared; a gener
Idioms sharing a character
- 先礼后兵 xiān lǐ hòu bīng
- 全民皆兵 quán mín jiē bīng
- 兵不厌诈 bīng bù yàn zhà
- 兵不血刃 bīng bù xuè rèn
- 兵家常事 bīng jiā cháng shì
- 兵强马壮 bīng qiáng mǎ zhuàng
- 兵戈扰攘 bīng gē rǎo rǎng
- 兵戎相见 bīng róng xiāng jiàn
- 兵精粮足 bīng jīng liáng zú
- 兵临城下 bīng lín chéng xià
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