How to write 蛇

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Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "蛇"

Printable Handwriting Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 蛇

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Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 蛇

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Meaning of 蛇

Pinyin shé、 yí

Radical

虫

Strokes

Definition

snake / serpent

Usage

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蛇咬伤 shé yǎo shāng

snake bite

响尾蛇 xiǎng wěi shé

rattlesnake

杯弓蛇影 bēi gōng shé yǐng

lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions / overly fearful

毒蛇 dú shé

viper

画蛇添足 huà shé tiān zú

lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it

蛇纹石 shé wén shí

serpentine (geology)

蝰蛇 kuí shé

forest or meadow viper (Vipera russelii siamensis or similar)

蕲蛇 qí shé

long-noded pit viper

金蛇 jīn shé

Golden snake

蛇岛 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

蟒蛇 mǎng shé

python / boa

牛鬼蛇神 niú guǐ shé shén

evil monsters / (fig.) bad characters / (political) bad elements

蛇头 shé tóu

head of a snake / human smuggler

海蛇 hǎi shé

sea snake / Hydrophis cyanocinctus / sea serpent

蛇毒 shé dú

snake venom

蝮蛇 fù shé

venomous snake

眼镜蛇 yǎn jìng shé

cobra

青蛇 qīng shé

green snake

水蛇 shuǐ shé

water snake

打草惊蛇 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)

蛇形 shé xíng

S-shaped / serpentine / coiled like a snake

蛇胆 shé dǎn

snake gall (used in TCM)

蛇蝎 shé xiē

snakes and scorpions -- vicious people

灵蛇 líng shé

Spirit Snake

白蛇 bái shé

white snake

蛇蜕 shé tuì

pillis ophidiae / snake slough

蛇蟠 shé pán

Snake pan