| 蛇 | 418C20 22D.70-6 | 部居  | 畫數 11 | ㄕㄜˊ [she2] (*ㄧˊ [yi2] ). [Pop. ] | ||
| N. | A snake, serpent: 一條蛇 a snake; 毒蛇，蝮蛇 poisonous snake; 海蛇 sea snake; 水蛇 water snake; 四腳蛇 lizard; 響尾蛇 rattlesnake; 眼鏡蛇 or 毒帽蛇 cobra; 蛇頭鼠尾 sneaky, crafty look; 蛇蠍 snakes and scorpions; 蛇豕 or 封豕長蛇 (AC) wild boars and snakes－fiends of society; 虎頭蛇尾 things which start off big and then end up in nothing; 蛇吞象 (fig.) inordinately greedy, a snake trying to swallow an elephant; 蛇無頭不行 a snake cannot crawl when head is injured－importance of leader; 打草驚蛇 put enemy on guard by premature action; 畫蛇添足 doing what is superfluous (“adding feet to a picture of a snake”). | |||||
| Adj. | (*[yi2]) 蛇蛇(AC) calmly, leisurely; 委蛇 90.93. | |||||
| Words | 1. 蛇床 [she2chuang2], n., (bot.) Cridium japonicum; 蛇床子 [she2chuang2zi0], n., (bot.) Selinum japonicum (also called 蛇米，蛇粟，蛇蛋果）. 2. 蛇符 [she2fu2], n., the slough of a snake. 3. 蛇含 [she2han2], n., (bot.) Potentilla kleiniana (also wr. 蛇銜). 4. 蛇舅母 [she2jiu4mu3], n., (zoo.) a long-tailed lizard, Takydromus tachydromoides (“snake’s maternal uncle's wife”). 5. 蛇麻 [she2ma2], n., (bot.) hops, Humulus lupulus. 6. 蛇矛 [she2mao2], n., as in 丈八蛇矛 an ancient long spear. 7. 蛇苺 [she2mei2], n., (bot.) the Indian strawberry, Duchesnea indica. 8. 蛇皮癬 [she2pi2xUan3], n., (med.) a skin disease with dry scales. 9. 蛇婆 [she2po2], n., a sea snake. 10. 蛇葡萄 [she2pu2tao2], n., (bot.) Ampelopsis heterophylla or northern fox grape. 11. 蛇行 [she2xing2], v.i., to crawl forward: 蛇行而進. 12. 蛇頭瘡 [she2tou2chuang1], n., (med.) a whitlow. 13. 蛇蛻 [she2tui4], n., slough of a snake, used as medicine. 14. 蛇足 [she2zu2], n., (from 畫蛇添足）s.t. superfluous. 15. 蛇紋石 [she2wen2shi2], n., (min.) serpentine. | |||||