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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蛇* | 蛇* | *蛇
snake / serpent / CL: 條|条
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蛇* | 蛇* | *蛇
variant of
HSK 5
(Tw) (slang) (loanword) loser
to feign civility (idiom)
lizard
python / boa
forest or meadow viper (Vipera russelii siamensis or similar)
lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom) / fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy / to punish sb as a warning to others
Siberian pit viper (Gloydius halys) / pit viper
Deinagkistrodon acutus, a species of venomous pit viper (lit. "five-pace snake" – supposedly, a person bitten by it can only walk five steps before succumbing to the venom)
water snake
lit. the brush flows with the fluidity of a dragon or snake (idiom) / fig. (of brushwork, esp for calligraphy) lively; vigorous
local bully / tyrant / regional mafia boss
long-nosed pit viper (agkistrodon acutus)
boa
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蛇* | 蛇* | *蛇
used in 委蛇
(dialect) gecko
cobra
rattlesnake
illegal immigrant
Yamata no Orochi, serpent with eight heads and eight tails from mythological section of Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan)
lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom); fig. a local gangster who is above the law
water snake / colubrid / racer
Indian cobra (Naja naja)
Year 6, year of the Snake (e.g. 2001)
Trimeresurus stejnegeri (poisonous snake)
copperhead race (Elaphe radiata), kind of snake
viper
Oriental ratsnake (Ptyas mucosus)
Entechinus major (kind of snake)
adder (zoology)
Snake island viper (Gloydius shedaoensis), feeding on migrating birds


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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