蛇 shé
shé
noun
snake
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
, Subdomain: Nature
, Concept: Animal 动物
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '蛇'; Guoyu '蛇'; Unihan '蛇'; Wikipedia '蛇')
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- 蛇夫座 Ophiuchus
- 蚺蛇 boa
- 人心不足蛇吞象 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant
- 巳蛇 Year 6
- 三索锦蛇(三索錦蛇) copperhead race (Elaphe radiata)
- 翠青蛇 Entechinus major
- 地头蛇(地頭蛇) local bully; tyrant; regional mafia boss
- 打草惊蛇(打草驚蛇) beat the grass to scare the snake; to inadvertently alert an enemy
- 水蛇座 Hydrus
- 蛇果 Red Delicious (a sort of apple)
- 水蛇腰 slender and supple waist; lithe body; feminine pose
- 滑鼠蛇 Oriental ratsnake (Ptyas mucosus)
- 五步蛇 Deinagkistrodon, a venomous pit viper; five-paced viper
- 蛇纹石(蛇紋石) serpentine
- 为蛇画足(為蛇畫足) to draw legs on a snake; to overdo it
- 蛇皮果 salak (Salacca zalacca) (fruit)
- 蟒蛇 python; boa
- 引蛇出洞 to pull a snake from its hole; to expose a malefactor
- 蝮蛇 a venomous snake ; pit viper
- 打蛇不死，后患无穷(打蛇不死，後患無窮) if you beat the snake without killing it, endless evils will ensue
- 毒蛇 a venomous snake
- 蛇皮 snake skin
- 蛇管 flexible hose
- 长蛇座(長蛇座) Hydra
- 黑眉蝮蛇 Snake island viper (Gloydius shedaoensis), feeding on migrating birds
- 黑腹蛇鹈(黑腹蛇鵜) oriental darter (Anhinga melanogaster)
- 画蛇着足(畫蛇著足) to draw legs on a snake; to ruin the effect by adding something superfluous; to overdo it
- 虎头蛇尾(虎頭蛇尾) a tiger's head and snake's tail; a noble start but weak finish
- 龙蛇混杂(龍蛇混雜) dragons and snakes mingle; a mix of good people and scumbags
- 响尾蛇飞弹(響尾蛇飛彈) Sidewinder missile
- 长蛇(長蛇) a long snake
- 蕲蛇(蘄蛇) sharp-nosed viper; hundred-pace pit viper
- 四脚蛇(四腳蛇) lizard
- 游蛇 water snake; colubrid; racer
- 人蛇集团(人蛇集團) human smuggling syndicate; snakehead gang
- 蛇绿混杂岩(蛇綠混雜岩) ophiolite
- 白蛇 white snake ; White Snake
- 蛇绿混杂(蛇綠混雜) ophiolite melange
- 蛇雕属(蛇鵰屬) Spilornis; serpent eagles genus
- 蛇胆(蛇膽) snake gall
- 白花蛇舌草 Hedyotis diffusa
- 蝰蛇 forest or meadow viper (Vipera russelii siamensis or similar)
- 蛇毒素 snake toxin
- 蛇形 S-shaped; serpentine; coiled like a snake
- 虚与委蛇(虛與委蛇) to feign civility
- 蛇岛蝮(蛇島蝮) Snake island viper (Gloydius shedaoensis), feeding on migrating birds
- 盐蛇(鹽蛇) gecko
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- 卷七十九 志第二十九: 輿服二 Volume 79 Treatises 32: Carriages and Clothes 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 22
- 卷二十七下之上 五行志 Volume 27d: Treatise on the Five Elements 4 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 16
- 卷五十四 楊震列傳 Volume 54: Biography of Yang Zhen Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 14
- 第六十六回 Chapter 66 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 14
- 卷三十七 志第十七: 五行 Volume 37 Treatises 17: Five Elements Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 13
- 卷五 中山經 Chapter 5: Classic of the Mountains - Central Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 13
- 卷四 Scroll 4 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 12
- 卷四十一 志第二十二: 儀衞上 常朝儀衛內外立仗、常行儀衛行仗 法駕黃麾仗 Volume 41 Treatises 22: Ceremonial Guards 1 - Inner and Outer Armed Guards of Honor in Regular Court Assemblies; Marching Armed Guards; Armed Imperial Command Carriage History of Jin 金史 — count: 12
- 卷二十九 魏書二十九 方技傳 Volume 29: Book of Wei 29 - Biographies of fangshis and artisans Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 12
Collocations
- 委蛇 (委蛇) 委蛇委蛇 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧羔羊 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Gao Yang — count: 15
- 一蛇 (一蛇) 一龍一蛇 — Guanzi 管子, 樞言第十二 Chapter 12: Pivotal Words — count: 8
- 内蛇 (內蛇) 內蛇與外蛇鬥于鄭南門中 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 7
- 大蛇 (大蛇) 有小蛇謂大蛇曰 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 說林上第二十二 Chapter 22: Collections of Persuasions I — count: 7
- 腾蛇 (騰蛇) 騰蛇游霧 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十七 說林訓 Chapter 17: A Forest of Persuasion — count: 7
- 见蛇 (見蛇) 人見蛇則驚核 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 說林下第二十三 Chapter 23: Collections of Persuasions II — count: 6
- 蛇死 (蛇死) 內蛇死 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 6
- 蛇遊 (蛇遊) 夫螣蛇遊霧而動 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷九 主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods — count: 5
- 螣蛇 (螣蛇) 夫螣蛇遊霧而動 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷九 主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods — count: 5
- 修蛇 (修蛇) 修蛇皆為民害 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷八 本經訓 Chapter 8: Base Warp — count: 4