Traduction :
shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea); useless troops (idiom)
Référence :
古代神怪小说里海龙王手下的兵将。比喻敌人的爪牙或不中用的大小娄罗。
Origine :
明·冯梦龙《警世通言》卷四十:“乃率领鼋帅虾兵蟹将,统帅党类,一齐奔出潮头。”
Exemple :
汪精卫和他的~已在公开讨论“和平”。(邹韬奋《抗战以来·“来宾”放炮》)
Annotation :
虾兵蟹将1
1. xiābīngxièjiàng :
[EN] shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea); useless troops (idiom)