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| | lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it | HSK 7-9 |
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| | viper | |
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| | snake skin | |
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| | evil monsters / (fig.) bad characters / (political) bad elements | |
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| | serpentine (geology) | |
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| | to creep / to zigzag / to meander / to weave | |
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| | to feign civility (idiom) | |
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| | Siberian pit viper (Gloydius halys) / pit viper | |
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| | python / boa | |
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| | lit. to pull a snake from its hole / to expose a malefactor (idiom) | |
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| | forest or meadow viper (Vipera russelii siamensis or similar) | |
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| | lizard / common spoken equivalent of 蜥蜴 | |
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| | snake venom | |
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| | long-nosed pit viper (agkistrodon acutus) | |
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| | snake gall (used in TCM) | |
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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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| | water snake | |
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| | S-shaped / serpentine / coiled like a snake | |
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| | local bully / tyrant / regional mafia boss | |
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| | lit. tiger's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish | |
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| | Deinagkistrodon acutus, a species of venomous pit viper, aka five-pace viper (i.e. can grow to five paces) | |
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| | lit. dragons and snakes mingle (idiom) / fig. a mix of good people and scumbags | |
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| | slender and supple waist / lithe body / feminine pose | |
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| | lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions / overly fearful | |
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| | boa | |
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| | words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced / malicious and duplicitous | |
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| | (slang) loser (loanword) (Tw) | |
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| | ancient spear-like weapon with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body | |
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| | ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺 in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body | |
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| | (dialect) gecko | |
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| | a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom) | |
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| | flexible hose | |
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| | cobra | |
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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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| | Orochimaru, Japanese folktale hero / Orochimaru, character in the Naruto manga series | |
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| | Year 6, year of the Snake (e.g. 2001) | |
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| | salak (Salacca zalacca) (fruit) | |
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| | rattlesnake | |
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| | once bitten by a snake, one is scared all one's life at the mere sight of a rope (idiom) / fig. once bitten, twice shy | |
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| | copperhead race (Elaphe radiata), kind of snake | |
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| | illegal immigrant | |
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| | human smuggling syndicate / snakehead gang | |
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| | Yamata no Orochi, serpent with eight heads and eight tails from mythological section of Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan) | |
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| | Indian cobra (Naja naja) | |
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| | (astronomy) Serpens Cauda | |
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| | Serpens (constellation) | |
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| | lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom); fig. a local gangster who is above the law | |
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| | (idiom) if you beat the snake without killing it, endless evils will ensue | |
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| | Hydrus (constellation) | |
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| | water snake / colubrid / racer | |
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| | Oriental ratsnake (Ptyas mucosus) | |
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| | Hedyotis diffusa | |
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| | Tale of the White Snake / Madame White Snake | |
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| | Trimeresurus stejnegeri (poisonous snake) | |
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| | Entechinus major (kind of snake) | |
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| | Ophiuchus (constellation) | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | Snake island viper (Gloydius shedaoensis), feeding on migrating birds | |
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| | Year of the Snake (e.g. 2001) | |
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| | Red Delicious (a sort of apple) | |
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| | venin | |
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| | (slang) (pun on 神經病|神经病) crazy person / nutjob | |
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| | serpentine (geology) | |
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| | ophiolite (geology) | |
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| | ophiolite melange (geology) | |
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| | ophiolite (geology) | |
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| | ophiolite belt (geology) | |
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| | tarragon | |
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| | lit. legs on a snake / sth superfluous | |
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| | head of a snake / human smuggler | |
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| | (bird species of China) crested serpent eagle (Spilornis cheela) | |
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| | hops (Humulus lupulus) | |
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| | hop (Humulus lupulus), climbing plant whose flower cones are used in brewing beer | |
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| | Cabernet Gernischt (grape type) | |
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| | Hydra (constellation) | |
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| | single-line formation (army) / fig. long line | |
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| | adder (zoology) | |
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| | Snake island viper (Gloydius shedaoensis), feeding on migrating birds | |
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| | (bird species of China) oriental darter (Anhinga melanogaster) | |
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| | lit. dragon's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish | |
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