虾兵蟹将 in English xia1 bing1 xie4 jiang4 Meaning

Meanings

  • shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea)
  • useless troops (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

虾 兵 蟹 将

Traditional Characters

蝦 兵 蟹 將

Pinyin

xia1 bing1 xie4 jiang4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

虾xia1see 蝦蟆|虾蟆[ha2 ma5] 兵bing1soldiers 蟹xie4crab 将jiang1will