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日本沼虾

Rì běn zhǎo xiādictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
oriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense), a species of freshwater shrimp, also called 青蝦|青虾[qīng xiā]
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-4ad81887a98d8773. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

日本沼蝦 日本沼虾 [Ri4 ben3 zhao3 xia1] /oriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense), a species of freshwater shrimp, also called 青蝦|青虾[qing1 xia1]/

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Other forms in these source records: 日本沼蝦

  • 日
    rì

    (bound form) sun / day / day of the month / (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本[Rì běn]) / (vulgar) to fuck / to have sex with

  • 本
    běn

    (bound form) root / stem / (bound form) origin / source / (bound form) one's own / this / (bound form) this / the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally / initially / capital / principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

  • 沼
    zhǎo

    pond / pool

  • 虾
    há

    used in 蝦蟆|虾蟆[há ma]

    xiā

    shrimp / prawn

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.