画蛇添足
huà shé tiān zú
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lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous;
to overdo it
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毒蛇
dú shé
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viper
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眼镜蛇
yǎn jìng shé
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cobra
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响尾蛇
xiǎng wěi shé
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rattlesnake
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蛇头
shé tóu
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head of a snake;
human smuggler
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打草惊蛇
dǎ cǎo jīng shé
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lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom);
fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy;
to punish sb as a warning to others
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蟒蛇
mǎng shé
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python;
boa
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蛇行
shé xíng
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to creep;
to zigzag;
to meander;
to weave
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蛇毒
shé dú
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snake venom
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蛇形
shé xíng
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S-shaped;
serpentine;
coiled like a snake
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水蛇
shuǐ shé
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water snake
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虎头蛇尾
hǔ tóu shé wěi
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lit. tiger's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish
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引蛇出洞
yǐn shé chū dòng
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lit. to pull a snake from its hole;
to expose a malefactor (idiom)
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地头蛇
dì tóu shé
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local bully;
tyrant;
regional mafia boss
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蝰蛇
kuí shé
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forest or meadow viper (Vipera russelii siamensis or similar)
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蝮蛇
fù shé
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venomous snake
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蛇年
shé nián
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Year of the Snake (e.g. 2001)
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四脚蛇
sì jiǎo shé
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lizard;
common spoken equivalent of 蜥蜴[xi1 yi4]
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牛鬼蛇神
niú guǐ shé shén
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evil monsters;
(fig.) bad characters;
(political) bad elements
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蛇纹石
shé wén shí
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serpentine (geology)
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一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng
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bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
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一年被蛇咬十年怕井繩
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng
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bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
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一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
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once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope;
once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
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一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井繩
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
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once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope;
once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
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丈八蛇矛
zhàng bā shé máo
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ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺[chi3] in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body,
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