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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- 画蛇添足(畫蛇添足) to draw legs on a snake; to ruin the effect by adding something superfluous; to overdo it
- 地头蛇(地頭蛇) local bully; tyrant; regional mafia boss
- 蛇夫座 Ophiuchus
- 白花蛇舌草 Hedyotis diffusa
- 响尾蛇飞弹(響尾蛇飛彈) Sidewinder missile
- 人蛇集团(人蛇集團) human smuggling syndicate; snakehead gang
- 蝮蛇 a venomous snake ; pit viper
- 蛇胆(蛇膽) snake gall
- 蛇绿岩(蛇綠岩) ophiolite
- 大蛇丸 Orochimaru, Japanese folktale hero / Orochimaru, character in the Naruto manga series
- 虎头蛇尾(虎頭蛇尾) a tiger's head and snake's tail; a noble start but weak finish
- 龙蛇(龍蛇) a dragon and a snake; an extraordinary person in contrast to and an ordinary person ; longshe type of halberd
- 蛇头(蛇頭) head of a snake; human smuggler
- 虚与委蛇(虛與委蛇) to feign civility
- 鲁蛇(魯蛇) loser
- 巨蛇尾 serpens cauda
- 蛇纹岩(蛇紋岩) serpentine
- 蝰蛇 forest or meadow viper (Vipera russelii siamensis or similar)
- 黑眉蝮蛇 Snake island viper (Gloydius shedaoensis), feeding on migrating birds
- 蛇岛蝮(蛇島蝮) Snake island viper (Gloydius shedaoensis), feeding on migrating birds
- 毒蛇 a venomous snake
- 蕲蛇(蘄蛇) sharp-nosed viper; hundred-pace pit viper
- 蛇精病 (pun on 神經病|神经病) crazy person; nutjob
- 引蛇出洞 to pull a snake from its hole; to expose a malefactor
- 竹叶青蛇(竹葉青蛇) Trimeresurus stejnegeri (poisonous snake)
- 人头蛇身(人頭蛇身) human head, snake's body
- 蛇纹石(蛇紋石) serpentine
- 长蛇(長蛇) a long snake
- 杯弓蛇影 to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake; unnecessary suspicions; overly fearful
- 一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳(一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井繩) once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope; once bitten, twice shy
- 巳蛇 Year 6
- 蛇蒿 tarragon
- 蛇岛(蛇島) Shedao; Snake island
- 为蛇画足(為蛇畫足) to draw legs on a snake; to overdo it
- 蛇绿混杂岩带(蛇綠混雜岩帶) ophiolite belt
- 蛇年 Year of the Snake (e.g. 2001)
- 蛇管 flexible hose
- 蛇果 Red Delicious (a sort of apple)
- 加州王蛇 California kingsnake
- 巨蛇座 Serpens
- 蛇绿混杂岩(蛇綠混雜岩) ophiolite
- 眼镜蛇(眼鏡蛇) cobra
- 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
- 游蛇 water snake; colubrid; racer
- 黄颔蛇(黃頷蛇) adder
- 水蛇腰 slender and supple waist; lithe body; feminine pose
- 蛇形 S-shaped; serpentine; coiled like a snake
- 蛇行 to crawl
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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
- 第六十六回 Chapter 66 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 14
- 卷五十四 楊震列傳 Volume 54: Biography of Yang Zhen Book of Later Han 後漢書 — 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
- 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
- 卷四 Scroll 4 Wenxuan 文選 — 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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