蛇
shé
Pinyin
Definition
蛇
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- snake
- serpent
- CL:條|条[tiáo]
蛇 (虵)
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- variant of 蛇[shé]
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺[chǐ] in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body,
- 1 local bully
- 2 tyrant
- 3 regional mafia boss
- 1 lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom)
- 2 fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy
- 3 to punish sb as a warning to others
- 1 evil monsters
- 2 (fig.) bad characters
- 3 (political) bad elements
Idioms (14)
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
- 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳
- 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
- 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
人心不足蛇吞象
- 1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
佛口蛇心
- 1 words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced
- 2 malicious and duplicitous
引蛇出洞
- 1 lit. to pull a snake from its hole
- 2 to expose a malefactor (idiom)
Sample Sentences
中文中的“望梅止渴”和“一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳”也是相同的概念。
In Chinese, "To quench one's thirst by thinking of plums" and "Once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope." have the same concept as well.
这篇报导说十二星座是错的,应该有十三个星座。正中,我们生日只差一天,我们不是射手座是蛇夫座。
This report says that the 12 signs of the zodiac are incorrect, and that there should be 13 signs. Zhengzhong, our birthdays are only one day apart, so we're not sagittarius, we're ophiuchus.
我知道啊,蛇夫座确实是第十三个星座。
I know, ophiuchus is actually the thirteenth sign of the zodiac.
我不要当什么蛇夫座,我以前是射手,现在是射手,以后也要当射手座。
I don't want to be ophiuchus. I was a sagittarius before, I'm a sagittarius now and I want to continue to be a sagittarius.
不要激动,你冷静!蛇夫座是黄道上第十三个星座,这件事是事实。
Don't get so mad. Calm down! Ophiuchus is the thirteenth sign of the zodiac on the ecliptic, that is true.
报导说,蛇夫座同时拥有天蠍座与射手座的特质,个性冷静爱思考,心思细腻而且神秘,但陷入爱情时,却又激情博爱,非常黏另一半,这一点都不像我啊!
According to a report, ophiuchus share qualities with scorpio and sagittarius, with a rational, thoughtful personality; they are meticulous and mysterious, but when they fall in love, they love passionately and are clingy with their other half. That bit is really nothing like me!
没错,你和我一样冲动又鲁莽,更不用说丝毫不神祕,实在不太适合当蛇夫座。
Yeah, true. You're impulsive and rash like me, not even to mention that we're not mysterious in the slightest. We're really not suitable to be ophiuchus.
那我们怎么会是蛇夫座,一点都不准。
Then how can we be ophiuchus, it doesn't seem accurate at all.
你不要紧张,蛇夫座是黄道上第十三个星座,这个在很久以前就有很多讨论了。
Don't get worked up. Ophiuchus is the thirteenth sign of the zodiac on the ecliptic. There was a lot of talk about this some time ago.
美国太空总署之前就说过,蛇夫座是黄道上第十三个星座,但这是科学意义的第十三个星座,天文学不等于占星学,占星学的十二星座还是可以继续存在。
NASA said before that ophiuchus is the thirteenth zodiac on the ecliptic, but it's the thirteenth zodiac scientifically speaking. Astronomy does not equate to astrology. The twelve horoscopes of astrology continue to exist.