Keyword
snake
- Frequency
- #1964
- Strokes
- 11
Readings
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Mnemonic
虫 (worm) gives the meaning and 它 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
蛇
snake; serpent
毒蛇
viper
蟒蛇
python; boa
眼镜蛇
cobra
响尾蛇
rattlesnake
牛鬼蛇神
evil monsters; (fig.) bad characters; (political) bad elements
蛇头
head of a snake; human smuggler
水蛇
water snake
打草惊蛇
lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom); fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy; to punish sb as a warning to others
蛇毒
snake venom
白蛇传
Tale of the White Snake; Madame White Snake
虎头蛇尾
lit. tiger's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish
蛇形
S-shaped; serpentine; coiled like a snake
蝮蛇
Siberian pit viper (Gloydius halys); pit viper
蛇蝎
(fig.) malevolent; treacherous
蛇行
to creep; to zigzag; to meander; to weave
蛇皮
snake skin
蛇蝎美人
beautiful but dangerous woman; femme fatale
画蛇添足
lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous; to overdo it
地头蛇
local bully; tyrant; regional mafia boss
蝰蛇
forest or meadow viper (Vipera russelii siamensis or similar)
蛇岛
Shedao or Snake island in Bohai sea 渤海 off Lüshun 旅顺 on the tip of the Liaoning peninsula, small rocky island famous for snakes
蛇胆
snake gall (used in TCM)
引蛇出洞
lit. to pull a snake from its hole; to expose a malefactor (idiom)