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shé snake / serpent / CL:條|条[tiao2]
画蛇添足 huà shé tiān lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it
lín scales (of fish, snakes etc)
小龙 xiǎo lóng snake (as one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals 生肖[sheng1 xiao4])
抽取 chōu to extract / to remove / to draw (a sales commission, venom from a snake etc)
引蛇出洞 yǐn shé chū dòng lit. to pull a snake from its hole / to expose a malefactor (idiom)
蛇皮 shé snake skin
毒虫 chóng poisonous insect (or spider etc); venomous snake / (slang) junkie
蛇毒 shé snake venom
6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake / ancient Chinese compass point: 150°
长虫 cháng chong (coll.) snake
打草惊蛇 cǎo jīng shé lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom) / fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy / to punish sb as a warning to others
法海 hǎi Fahai, name of the evil Buddhist monk in Tale of the White Snake 白蛇傳|白蛇传[Bai2 she2 Zhuan4]
scales on the belly of a snake, aiding locomotion / snail / to crawl
水蛇 shuǐ shé water snake
huǐ mythical venomous snake
蛇形 shé xíng S-shaped / serpentine / coiled like a snake
蛇胆 shé dǎn snake gall (used in TCM)
虎头蛇尾 tóu shé wěi lit. tiger's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish
蜿蜒 wān yán (of a snake) to wriggle along / (of a river etc) to zigzag; to meander; to wind
菜瓜 cài guā snake melon / loofah
insect / poisonous snake (archaic)
笔走龙蛇 zǒu lóng shé lit. the brush flows with the fluidity of a dragon or snake (idiom) / fig. (of brushwork, esp for calligraphy) lively; vigorous
龙蛇混杂 lóng shé hùn lit. dragons and snakes mingle (idiom) / fig. a mix of good people and scumbags
佛口蛇心 kǒu shé xīn words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced / malicious and duplicitous


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