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虾兵蟹将
蝦兵蟹將
xiābīngxièjiàng
1. shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea)
2. useless troops (idiom)

Character Breakdown

虾
xiā
shrimp, prawn
9 丶
兵
bīng
soldier; troops, an army; warlike
HSK 5 7 丶
蟹
xiè
crab, brachyura
19 丶
将
jiāng
the future, what will be; ready, prepared; a general
HSK 4 9 丶

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