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马蹄蟹
mǎ tí xiè
Pinyin
Definition
马蹄蟹
-
mǎ tí xiè
horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus)
Character Decomposition
马
马
蹄
⻊
亠
丷
冖
巾
蟹
角
刀
牛
虫
Related Words
(20)
巨蟹
Jù xiè
1
Cancer (star sign)
巨蟹座
Jù xiè zuò
1
Cancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
螃蟹
páng xiè
1
crab
2
CL:隻|只[zhī]
猪蹄
zhū tí
1
pig trotters
马不停蹄
mǎ bù tíng tí
1
unrelenting
2
without stopping to rest
口蹄疫
kǒu tí yì
1
foot-and-mouth disease (FMD)
2
aphthous fever
寄居蟹
jì jū xiè
1
hermit crab
河蟹
hé xiè
1
river crab
2
Internet censorship (pun on "harmonious" 和諧|和谐[hé xié], which is blocked by the great firewall of China)
虾兵蟹将
xiā bīng xiè jiàng
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)
蟹
xiè
1
crab
蟹爪兰
xiè zhuǎ lán
1
holiday cactus
蟹粉
xiè fěn
1
crab meat
蟹肉
xiè ròu
1
crab meat
蟹酱
xiè jiàng
1
crab paste
蟹黄
xiè huáng
1
the ovaries, roe and digestive tract of the crab
2
soft interior of crab as a food delicacy
3
crab meat
蹄
tí
1
hoof
2
pig's trotters
蹄子
tí zi
1
hoof
2
(old) wench
3
hussy
软脚蟹
ruǎn jiǎo xiè
1
same as 軟腳蝦|软脚虾[ruǎn jiǎo xiā]
铁蹄
tiě tí
1
iron hoof (of the oppressor)
雪蟹
xuě xiè
1
snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)
Idioms
(2)
人有失手,马有失蹄
rén yǒu shī shǒu , mǎ yǒu shī tí
1
lit. just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble (idiom)
2
fig. everyone makes mistakes
3
even the best fall down sometimes
虾兵蟹将
xiā bīng xiè jiàng
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)
Sample Sentences