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| 蛇 | shé | snake / serpent / CL:條|条[tiao2] |
| 画蛇添足 | huà shé tiān zú | lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it |
| 杯弓蛇影 | bēi gōng shé yǐng | lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions / overly fearful |
| 白蛇传 | Bái shé Zhuàn | Tale of the White Snake / Madame White Snake |
| 打蛇不死，后患无穷 | dǎ shé bù sǐ , hòu huàn wú qióng | (idiom) if you beat the snake without killing it, endless evils will ensue |
| 长虫 | cháng chong | (coll.) snake |
| 龙头蛇尾 | lóng tóu shé wěi | lit. dragon's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish |
| 抽取 | chōu qǔ | to extract / to remove / to draw (a sales commission, venom from a snake etc) |
| 蜿蜒 | wān yán | (of a snake) to wriggle along / (of a river etc) to zigzag; to meander; to wind |
| 打草惊蛇 | dǎ 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 |
| 五步蛇 | wǔ bù shé | Deinagkistrodon acutus, a species of venomous pit viper (lit. "five-pace snake" – supposedly, a person bitten by it can only walk five steps before succumbing to the venom) |
| 强龙不压地头蛇 | qiáng lóng bù yā dì tóu shé | lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom); fig. a local gangster who is above the law |
| 蛇足 | shé zú | lit. legs on a snake / sth superfluous |
| 蛇毒 | shé dú | snake venom |
| 佛口蛇心 | fó kǒu shé xīn | words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced / malicious and duplicitous |
| 蛇矛 | shé máo | ancient spear-like weapon with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body |
| 毒虫 | dú chóng | poisonous insect (or spider etc); venomous snake / (slang) junkie |
| 虎尾兰 | hǔ wěi lán | snake plant aka mother-in-law's tongue (Dracaena trifasciata) |
| 养虎遗患 | yǎng hǔ yí huàn | Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom); fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later / to cherish a snake in one's bosom |
| 法海 | Fǎ hǎi | Fahai, name of the evil Buddhist monk in Tale of the White Snake 白蛇傳|白蛇传[Bai2 she2 Zhuan4] |
| 翠青蛇 | cuì qīng shé | Entechinus major (kind of snake) |
| 脱皮 | tuō pí | (of paint etc) to peel off; to flake off / (of an insect or snake etc) to molt / (of skin) to peel off due to hard labor, blistering or sunburn etc / (fig.) to go through a grueling experience |
| 巳蛇 | sì shé | Year 6, year of the Snake (e.g. 2001) |
| 水蛇 | shuǐ shé | water snake |
| 蛇头 | shé tóu | head of a snake / human smuggler |