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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
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
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 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 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 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 tóu shé lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom); fig. a local gangster who is above the law
蛇足 shé lit. legs on a snake / sth superfluous
蛇毒 shé snake venom
佛口蛇心 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 chóng poisonous insect (or spider etc); venomous snake / (slang) junkie
虎尾兰 wěi lán snake plant aka mother-in-law's tongue (Dracaena trifasciata)
养虎遗患 yǎng 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 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 (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 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
竹叶青 zhú qīng Trimeresurus stejnegeri (poisonous snake)


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