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蛇	shé	snake / serpent / CL:条
画蛇添足	huà shé tiān zú	lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it
杯弓蛇影	bēi gōng shé yǐng	lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions / overly fearful
白蛇传	Bái shé Zhuàn	Tale of the White Snake / Madame White Snake
打蛇不死，后患无穷	dǎ shé bù sǐ , hòu huàn wú qióng	(idiom) if you beat the snake without killing it, endless evils will ensue
长虫	cháng chong	(coll.) snake
龙头蛇尾	lóng tóu shé wěi	lit. dragon's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish
抽取	chōu qǔ	to extract / to remove / to draw (a sales commission, venom from a snake etc)
蜿蜒	wān yán	(of a snake) to wriggle along / (of a river etc) to zigzag; to meander; to wind
打草惊蛇	dǎ cǎo jīng shé	lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom) / fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy / to punish sb as a warning to others
五步蛇	wǔ bù shé	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)
强龙不压地头蛇	qiáng lóng bù yā dì tóu shé	lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom); fig. a local gangster who is above the law
蛇足	shé zú	lit. legs on a snake / sth superfluous
蛇毒	shé dú	snake venom
佛口蛇心	fó kǒu shé xīn	words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced / malicious and duplicitous
蛇矛	shé máo	ancient spear-like weapon with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body
毒虫	dú chóng	poisonous insect (or spider etc); venomous snake / (slang) junkie
虎尾兰	hǔ wěi lán	snake plant aka mother-in-law's tongue (Dracaena trifasciata)
养虎遗患	yǎng hǔ yí huàn	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
法海	Fǎ hǎi	Fahai, name of the evil Buddhist monk in Tale of the White Snake 白蛇传