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寄居蟹

jì jū xiè

3-character word

What 寄居蟹 means

1. hermit crab

The characters in 寄居蟹

• 寄jìto entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to…
• 居jūto reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up
• 蟹xiècrab

Example sentences

• 快看快看！橙子树的树枝上有一只蓝色的寄居蟹！
  Kuài kàn kuài kàn! Chéngzishù de shùzhī shàng yǒu yī zhī lánsè de jìjūxiè!
  Look, look! On the branch of the orange tree, there is a blue hermit crab!