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Character Decomposition
蟹=解+虫
Etymology
insect
Meanings
crab
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Words with 蟹 104 total
clams and crabs · tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)蛤蟹gé xiècrab · CL: zhī螃蟹páng xiècrab meat蟹粉xiè fěnthe ovary and digestive glands of a female crab (eaten as a delicacy)蟹黄xiè huángCancer (star sign)巨蟹Jù xièriver crab · Internet censorship (pun on "harmonious" hé xié, which is blocked by the great firewall of China)河蟹hé xiècrab of the family Potamidae of freshwater crabs溪蟹xī xiè(biology) to carcinize蟹化xiè huàcrab-eating mongoose蟹獴xiè měngcrab meat蟹肉xiè ròu
Idioms with 蟹 6 total Chain
shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea) · useless troops (idiom)虾兵蟹将xiā bīng xiè jiàngfrom bad to worse · each crab is smaller than the one before - each one is worse than the last · get worse and worse一蟹不如一蟹yī xiè bù rú yī xiè
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