眼镜蛇
yǎn jìng shé
Pinyin

Definition

眼镜蛇
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yǎn jìng shé
  1. cobra

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

眼
yǎn
  1. 1 eye
  2. 2 small hole
  3. 3 crux (of a matter)
  4. 4 CL:隻|只[zhī],雙|双[shuāng]
  5. 5 classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)
眼泪
yǎn lèi
  1. 1 tears
  2. 2 crying
  3. 3 CL:滴[dī]
眼睛
yǎn jing
  1. 1 eye
  2. 2 CL:隻|只[zhī],雙|双[shuāng]
眼神
yǎn shén
  1. 1 expression or emotion showing in one's eyes
  2. 2 meaningful glance
  3. 3 wink
  4. 4 eyesight (dialect)
眼镜
yǎn jìng
  1. 1 spectacles
  2. 2 eyeglasses
  3. 3 CL:副[fù]
一眼
yī yǎn
  1. 1 a glance
  2. 2 a quick look
  3. 3 a glimpse
不起眼
bù qǐ yǎn
  1. 1 unremarkable
  2. 2 nothing out of the ordinary
干瞪眼
gān dèng yǎn
  1. 1 to watch helplessly
傻眼
shǎ yǎn
  1. 1 stunned
  2. 2 struck dumb
  3. 3 flabbergasted
冷眼
lěng yǎn
  1. 1 cool eye
  2. 2 fig. detached
  3. 3 (treating) with indifference
刺眼
cì yǎn
  1. 1 to dazzle
  2. 2 to offend the eyes
  3. 3 dazzling
  4. 4 harsh (light)
  5. 5 crude (colors)
  6. 6 unsightly
合眼
hé yǎn
  1. 1 to close one's eyes
  2. 2 to get to sleep
单眼皮
dān yǎn pí
  1. 1 single eyelid
字眼
zì yǎn
  1. 1 wording
小心眼
xiǎo xīn yǎn
  1. 1 narrow-minded
  2. 2 petty
屁眼
pì yǎn
  1. 1 anus
心眼
xīn yǎn
  1. 1 heart
  2. 2 intention
  3. 3 conscience
  4. 4 consideration
  5. 5 cleverness
  6. 6 tolerance
挑花眼
tiǎo huā yǎn
  1. 1 (fig.) to get cross-eyed
  2. 2 to be bewildered
抢眼
qiǎng yǎn
  1. 1 eye-catching
放眼
fàng yǎn
  1. 1 to survey
  2. 2 to view broadly

Idioms (20)

一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一把眼泪一把鼻涕
yī bǎ yǎn lèi yī bǎ bí tì
  1. 1 with one's face covered in tears (idiom)
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
一板一眼
yī bǎn yī yǎn
  1. 1 lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter
  2. 2 scrupulous attention to detail
一板三眼
yī bǎn sān yǎn
  1. 1 lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
一眼看穿
yī yǎn kàn chuān
  1. 1 to see through something at first glance (idiom)
一饱眼福
yī bǎo yǎn fú
  1. 1 to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
人心不足蛇吞象
rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng
  1. 1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
仇人相见，分外眼红
chóu rén xiāng jiàn , fèn wài yǎn hóng
  1. 1 when the enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred (idiom)
以眼还眼
yǐ yǎn huán yǎn
  1. 1 an eye for an eye (idiom); fig. to use the enemy's methods against him
  2. 2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
以眼还眼，以牙还牙
yǐ yǎn huán yǎn , yǐ yá huán yá
  1. 1 an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to use the enemy's methods against him
  3. 3 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
佛口蛇心
fó kǒu shé xīn
  1. 1 words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced
  2. 2 malicious and duplicitous
合眼摸象
hé yǎn mō xiàng
  1. 1 to touch an elephant with closed eyes (idiom); to proceed blindly
大处着眼，小处着手
dà chù zhuó yǎn , xiǎo chù zhuó shǒu
  1. 1 think of the big picture, start with the little things (idiom)
天低吴楚，眼空无物
tiān dī Wú Chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wù
  1. 1 the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon
好汉不吃眼前亏
hǎo hàn bù chī yǎn qián kuī
  1. 1 a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)
引蛇出洞
yǐn shé chū dòng
  1. 1 lit. to pull a snake from its hole
  2. 2 to expose a malefactor (idiom)
强龙不压地头蛇
qiáng lóng bù yā dì tóu shé
  1. 1 lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom); fig. a local gangster who is above the law
情人眼里出西施
qíng rén yǎn lǐ chū Xī shī
  1. 1 lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施[Xī shī] (idiom); fig. beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Sample Sentences

现在有将近两万条。种类也很多，五步蛇，眼镜蛇，大蟒蛇，什么都有。你们看，这里就是养眼镜蛇的。
xiànzài yǒu jiāngjìn liǎng wàn tiáo 。zhǒnglèi yě hěn duō ，wǔbùshé ，yǎnjìngshé ，dàmǎngshé ，shénme dōu yǒu 。nǐmen kàn ，zhèlǐ jiùshì yǎng yǎnjìngshé de 。
Right now we have approximately 20,000. There are many different kinds: pit vipers, cobras, pythons, all kinds. Look, here is the place we raise cobras.
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蛇爸爸骄傲地说：“当然有毒。我可是眼镜蛇，是毒蛇之王！”
shébàba jiāo ào de shuō ：“dāngrán yǒudú 。wǒ kě shì yǎnjìngshé ，shì dúshé zhī wáng ！”
Papa Snake proudly said: “Of course I'm poisonous. I'm a cobra, the king of poisonous snakes!”
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