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螃蟹

páng xiè

“Crab” in Chinese is 螃蟹 (páng xiè).

Meaning

  • crab

Example

第一个吃螃蟹的人一定也吃过蜘蛛。

The first person who ate crab must also have tried to eat a spider.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Measure words

只
used for crabs
一只螃蟹 (one crab)

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