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虾兵蟹将 (xiā bīng xiè jiàng): meaning and stroke order

虾兵蟹将 (xiā bīng xiè jiàng) means shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction.

虾兵蟹将

Simplified
虾兵蟹将
Traditional
蝦兵蟹將
Pinyin
xiā bīng xiè jiàng

Stroke order of 虾兵蟹将

虾

  • há used in 蝦蟆|虾蟆[ha2 ma5]
  • xiā shrimp; prawn
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 蝦

Stroke by stroke

兵

  • bīng soldiers; a force
  • 7 strokes

Stroke by stroke

蟹

  • xiè crab
  • xiè variant of 蟹[xie4]
  • 19 strokes
  • Traditional form: 蠏

Stroke by stroke

将

  • jiāng will; shall
  • jiàng (bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead
  • qiāng to desire; to invite
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 將

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 虾兵蟹将

  1. xiā bīng xiè jiàng Traditional 蝦兵蟹將
    • shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea)
    • useless troops (idiom)

Radicals of the characters

虾
Radical 虫 (Kangxi radical 142) · 9 strokes · 虫 on the left, 下 on the right
兵
Radical 八 (Kangxi radical 12) · 7 strokes · 丘 on top, 八 below
蟹
Radical 虫 (Kangxi radical 142) · 19 strokes · 解 on top, 虫 below
将
Radical 寸 (Kangxi radical 41) · 10 strokes · 丬 on the left, 𪧷 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

虾兵蟹将 in our stories

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  • 龙王的三太子敖丙听说以后大怒，带着虾兵蟹将冲出海面，却也死在了哪吒手里。

    Lóngwáng de sān tàizǐ Áo Bǐng tīngshuō yǐhòu dànù dài zhe xiābīngxièjiàng chōng chū hǎimiàn què yě sǐ zài le Nézhā shǒu lǐ

    When the Dragon King's third son, Ao Bing, heard of it he was furious and charged out of the sea with his shrimp soldiers and crab generals, but he too died at Nezha's hands.

    From the story Nezha stirs up the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8

  • 白素贞一气之下，调动江里的虾兵蟹将，引来滔天的洪水，淹向金山寺。这就是有名的“水漫金山”。

    Bái Sùzhēn yíqìzhīxià diàodòng jiāng lǐ de xiābīngxièjiàng yǐnlái tāotiān de hóngshuǐ yān xiàng Jīnshān Sì zhè jiùshì yǒumíng de shuǐmànjīnshān

    In her fury Bai Suzhen summoned the shrimp soldiers and crab generals of the river and brought a towering flood against Jinshan Temple. This is the famous "Flooding of Jinshan".

    From the story The Legend of the White Snake HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 虾兵蟹将

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).