蟒蛇
mǎng shé
Pinyin

Definition

蟒蛇
 - 
mǎng shé
  1. python
  2. boa

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

蛇
shé
  1. 1 variant: 蛇 shé
丈八蛇矛
zhàng bā shé máo
  1. 1 ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺[chǐ] in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body,
地头蛇
dì tóu shé
  1. 1 local bully
  2. 2 tyrant
  3. 3 regional mafia boss
打草惊蛇
dǎ cǎo jīng shé
  1. 1 lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy
  3. 3 to punish sb as a warning to others
牛鬼蛇神
niú guǐ shé shén
  1. 1 evil monsters
  2. 2 (fig.) bad characters
  3. 3 (political) bad elements

Idioms (14)

一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 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
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
人心不足蛇吞象
rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng
  1. 1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
佛口蛇心
fó kǒu shé xīn
  1. 1 words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced
  2. 2 malicious and duplicitous
引蛇出洞
yǐn shé chū dòng
  1. 1 lit. to pull a snake from its hole
  2. 2 to expose a malefactor (idiom)

Sample Sentences

现在有将近两万条。种类也很多，五步蛇，眼镜蛇，大蟒蛇，什么都有。你们看，这里就是养眼镜蛇的。
xiànzài yǒu jiāngjìn liǎng wàn tiáo 。zhǒnglèi yě hěn duō ，wǔbùshé ，yǎnjìngshé ，dàmǎngshé ，shénme dōu yǒu 。nǐmen kàn ，zhèlǐ jiùshì yǎng yǎnjìngshé de 。
Right now we have approximately 20,000. There are many different kinds: pit vipers, cobras, pythons, all kinds. Look, here is the place we raise cobras.
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