蝰蛇
kuí shé
Pinyin

Definition

蝰蛇
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kuí shé
  1. forest or meadow viper (Vipera russelii siamensis or similar)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

蛇
shé
  1. 1 variant of 蛇[shé]
丈八蛇矛
zhàng bā shé máo
  1. 1 ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺[chǐ] in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body,
地头蛇
dì tóu shé
  1. 1 local bully
  2. 2 tyrant
  3. 3 regional mafia boss
打草惊蛇
dǎ cǎo jīng shé
  1. 1 lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy
  3. 3 to punish sb as a warning to others
牛鬼蛇神
niú guǐ shé shén
  1. 1 evil monsters
  2. 2 (fig.) bad characters
  3. 3 (political) bad elements
画蛇添足
huà shé tiān zú
  1. 1 lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous
  2. 2 to overdo it
白蛇传
Bái Shé Zhuàn
  1. 1 Tale of the White Snake
  2. 2 Madame White Snake
眼镜蛇
yǎn jìng shé
  1. 1 cobra
虎头蛇尾
hǔ tóu shé wěi
  1. 1 lit. tiger's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish
蛇年
shé nián
  1. 1 Year of the Snake (e.g. 2001)
蛇形
shé xíng
  1. 1 S-shaped
  2. 2 serpentine
  3. 3 coiled like a snake
蛇皮
shé pí
  1. 1 snake skin
蛇胆
shé dǎn
  1. 1 snake gall (used in TCM)
蝰蛇
kuí shé
  1. 1 forest or meadow viper (Vipera russelii siamensis or similar)
蟒蛇
mǎng shé
  1. 1 python
  2. 2 boa
人蛇
rén shé
  1. 1 illegal immigrant
大蛇丸
Dà shé wán
  1. 1 Orochimaru, Japanese folktale hero
  2. 2 Orochimaru, character in the Naruto manga series
杯弓蛇影
bēi gōng shé yǐng
  1. 1 lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions
  2. 2 overly fearful
毒蛇
dú shé
  1. 1 viper
水蛇
shuǐ shé
  1. 1 water snake

Idioms (14)

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)
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)
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
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
打草惊蛇
dǎ cǎo jīng shé
  1. 1 lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy
  3. 3 to punish sb as a warning to others
打蛇不死，后患无穷
dǎ shé bù sǐ , hòu huàn wú qióng
  1. 1 if you beat the snake without killing it, endless evils will ensue (idiom)
杯弓蛇影
bēi gōng shé yǐng
  1. 1 lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions
  2. 2 overly fearful
画蛇添足
huà shé tiān zú
  1. 1 lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous
  2. 2 to overdo it
虎头蛇尾
hǔ tóu shé wěi
  1. 1 lit. tiger's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish
虚与委蛇
xū yǔ wēi yí
  1. 1 to feign civility (idiom)
龙蛇混杂
lóng shé hùn zá
  1. 1 lit. dragons and snakes mingle (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a mix of good people and scumbags
龙头蛇尾
lóng tóu shé wěi
  1. 1 lit. dragon's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish

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