yuán
lái
shì
guī
 
 
xiā
èr
jiàng
So it's General Turtle and General Shrimp.
original / former / originally / formerly / at first / so, actually, as it turns out
yuán = yu + an2
surname Yuan / (Japanese surname) Hara
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yuán = yu + an2
former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source
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lái = l + ai2
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shì = sh + Ø4
shì = sh + Ø4
to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion)
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tortoise / cuckold
= w + Ø1
abbr. for Ukraine 烏克蘭|乌克兰[Wu1 ke4 lan2] / surname Wu
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= w + Ø1
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guī = gu + ei1
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small shrimp / dried, shelled shrimps / (Tw) (coll.) what (from Taiwanese 啥物, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-mih], equivalent to Mandarin 什麼|什么[shen2 me5])
small shrimp; dried, shelled shrimps / (Tw) (coll.) what (from Taiwanese 啥物, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-mih], equivalent to Mandarin 什麼|什么[shen2 me5])
= h + a2
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xiā = xi + a1
= mi + Ø3
rice / CL:粒[li4] / meter (classifier)
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èr = Ø + Ø4
two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid
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jiāng = ji + ang1
will / shall / to use / to take / to checkmate / just a short while ago / (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])
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jiàng = ji + ang4
general / commander-in-chief (military) / king (chess piece) / to command / to lead
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qiāng = qi + ang1
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jiàng = ji + ang4
(bound form) a general / (literary) to command; to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
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