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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
打蛇不死,后患无穷 shé , hòu huàn 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 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


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