shé zú
lit. legs on a snake
sth superfluous
shé
snake
serpent
CL:條|条[tiao2]
hǔ tóu shé wěi
lit. tiger's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish
huà shé tiān zú
lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous
to overdo it
shé xíng
S-shaped
serpentine
coiled like a snake
bái shé zhuàn
Tale of the White Snake
Madam White Snake
kuí shé
forest or meadow viper (Vipera russelii siamensis or similar)
Dà shé wán
Orochimaru, Japanese folktale hero
Orochimaru, character in the Naruto manga series
bái huā shé
long-nosed pit viper (agkistrodon acutus)
shé tóu
head of a snake
human smuggler
dì tóu shé
local bully
tyrant
regional mafia boss
dǎ cǎo jīng shé
lit. beat the grass to scare the snake
to inadvertently alert an enemy
to punish sb as a warning to others (idiom)
sì shé
Year 6, year of the Snake (e.g. 2001)
yǐn shé chū dòng
lit. to pull a snake from its hole
to expose a malefactor (idiom)
bēi gōng shé yǐng
lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions
overly fearful
shé nián
Year of the Snake (e.g. 2001)
xū yǔ wēi shé
pretense at complying (idiom); sham gestures of politeness
Shé dǎo
Shedao or Snake island in Bohai sea 渤海 off Lüshun 旅順|旅顺 on the tip of the Liaoning peninsula, small rocky island famous for snakes
Bā qí dà shé
Yamanato no Orochi, serpent with eight heads and eight tails from mythological section of Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan)
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
cháng shé zhèn
single-line formation (army)
fig. long line
rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng
a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
shé fū zuò
Ophiuchus (constellation)
wǔ bù shé
Deinagkistrodon, a venomous pit viper
also called five-paced viper (i.e. can grow to five paces)
sì jiǎo shé
lizard
common spoken equivalent of 蜥蜴[xi1 yi4]
rén shé jí tuán
human smuggling syndicate
snakehead gang
shé má cǎo
hop (Humulus lupulus), climbing plant whose flower cones are used in brewing beer
qiáng lóng bù yā dì tóu shé
lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom); fig. a local gangster who is above the law
shé lǜ hùn zá
ophiolite melange (geology)
lóng tóu shé wěi
lit. dragon's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish
rén tóu shé shēn
human head, snake's body
cf Nüwa 女娲氏[Nu:3 wa1 shi4] and Fuxi 伏羲氏[Fu2 Xi1 shi4] in some versions of mythology
zhú yè qīng shé
Trimeresurus stejnegeri (poisonous snake)
fó kǒu shé xīn
words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced
malicious and duplicitous
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