蛇
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snake; serpent; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 5
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 虫 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 蛇
- Common rank
- #871
- Unicode
- U+86C7
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Formation & memory
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Words with 蛇
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 强龙不压地头蛇 | lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom); fig. a local gangster who is above the … | |
| 地头蛇 | local bully; tyrant; regional mafia boss | |
| 龙头蛇尾 | lit. dragon's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish | |
| 白花蛇 | long-nosed pit viper (agkistrodon acutus) | |
| 打蛇不死，反受其害 | (proverb) if you deal with a threat but fail to eliminate it, it may come back to harm you | |
| 白蛇传 | Tale of the White Snake; Madame White Snake | |
| 大王蛇 | king ratsnake (Elaphe carinata) | |
| 佛口蛇心 | words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced; malicious and duplicitous | |
| 虎头蛇尾 | lit. tiger's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish | |
| 人蛇集团 | human smuggling syndicate; snakehead gang | |
| 蛇精病 | (slang) (pun on 神經病|神经病[shen2 jing1 bing4]) crazy person; nutjob | |
| 白花蛇舌草 | Hedyotis diffusa | |
| 水蛇座 | Hydrus (constellation) | |
| 印度眼镜蛇 | Indian cobra (Naja naja) | |
| 长蛇座 | Hydra (constellation) | |
| 人蛇 | illegal immigrant (esp. one smuggled across borders) | |
| 水蛇 | water snake | |
| 蛇头 | head of a snake; human smuggler | |
| 笔走龙蛇 | (lit.) the brush flows with the fluidity of a dragon or snake (idiom); (fig.) (of brushwor… | |
| 牛鬼蛇神 | evil monsters; (fig.) bad characters; (political) bad elements |
Sound family
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