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蝦兵蟹將

简虾兵蟹将 · 繁蝦兵蟹將

Mandarin · pinyin 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)

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1–1–4–4 · xia1 bing1 xie4 jiang4

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haa1 bing1 haai5 zoeng3

Cantonese word readings for 蝦兵蟹將. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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