Taiwan Mandarin

DictionaryCommon words毒蛇

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毒蛇

dú shé·ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄜˊ

“A venomous snake; a snake with venom glands connected to fangs that can inject venom and cause death if untreated.”

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Poison; venom; poisonous substance; to poison; malicious; cruel; fierce; narcotics; to resent; to harm or damage; to kill with poison.

Snake; serpent; reptile with a long, limbless body; used in the idiom 委蛇 (wei1 yi2) meaning to act obsequiously.