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


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