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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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| | (of a snake) to wriggle along / (of a river etc) to zigzag; to meander; to wind | |
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| | lit. legs on a snake / sth superfluous | |
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| | snake (as one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals 生肖) | |
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| | lit. dragons and snakes mingle (idiom) / fig. a mix of good people and scumbags | |
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| | scales (of fish, snakes etc) | |
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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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| | to extract / to remove / to draw (a sales commission, venom from a snake etc) | |
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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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| | head of a snake / human smuggler | |
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| | lit. tiger's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish | |
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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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| | fuse; wick / forked tongue (of a snake) | |
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| | lit. the brush flows with the fluidity of a dragon or snake (idiom) / fig. (of brushwork, esp for calligraphy) lively; vigorous | |
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| | (coll.) snake | |
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| | Trimeresurus stejnegeri (poisonous snake) | |
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| | a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom) | |
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| | Leifeng Pagoda, by West Lake until it was destroyed (also from Madam White Snake) | |
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| | (name of a person) Bai Suzhen, from Madame White Snake | |
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| | 6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake / ancient Chinese compass point: 150° | |
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| | Tale of the White Snake / Madame White Snake | |
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| | lit. dragon's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish | |
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| | snake melon | |
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| | poisonous insect (or spider etc); venomous snake / (slang) junkie | |
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| | Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom); fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later / to cherish a snake in one's bosom | |
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| | water snake | |
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| | name of poisonous snake in ancient text | |
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| | scales on the belly of a snake, aiding locomotion / snail / to crawl | |
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| | insect / poisonous snake (archaic) | |
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| | snake melon / loofah | |
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| | lit. to pull a snake from its hole / to expose a malefactor (idiom) | |
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| | Jinshan Temple, where Fahai lives (from Madam White Snake) | |
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| | S-shaped / serpentine / coiled like a snake | |
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| | mythical venomous snake | |
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| | words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced / malicious and duplicitous | |
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| | Fahai, name of the evil Buddhist monk in Tale of the White Snake 白蛇傳|白蛇传 | |
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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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| | Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom); fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later / to cherish a snake in one's bosom | |
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| | snake skin | |
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| | ancient spear-like weapon with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body | |
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| | snake venom | |
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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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| | Entechinus major (kind of snake) | |
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| | venomous snake / fig. vicious person | |
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| | water snake / colubrid / racer | |
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| | Year of the Snake (e.g. 2001) | |
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| | snake gall (used in TCM) | |
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| | dimple / heat-sensing facial pit of a snake | |
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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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| | once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope / once bitten, twice shy (idiom) | |
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| | copperhead race (Elaphe radiata), kind of snake | |
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| | snake halberd | |
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| | bite (e.g. snake bite, mosquito bite) | |
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| | Year 6, year of the Snake (e.g. 2001) | |
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| | (idiom) if you beat the snake without killing it, endless evils will ensue | |
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| | Mahoraga, snake's headed Indian deity / a protector deity of Buddhist law | |
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| | (bird species of China) short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus) | |
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| | Trimeresurus stejnegeri (poisonous snake) | |
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| | snake plant aka mother-in-law's tongue (Dracaena trifasciata) | |
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| | Snake island viper (Gloydius shedaoensis), feeding on migrating birds | |
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| | Snake island viper (Gloydius shedaoensis), feeding on migrating birds | |
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