| 释义 |
Examples:beat the snake death or it will cause endless calamity (common saying); nip the problem in the bud—Trimeresurus stejnegeri (poisonous snake)—cherish a snake in one's bosom—Snake island viper (Gloydius shedaoensis), feeding on migrating birds—Jinshan Temple, where Fahai lives (from Madam White Snake)—6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake—heat-sensing facial pit of a snake—words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced—copperhead race (Elaphe radiata), kind of snake—lit. beat the grass scare the snake—once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope—bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy—lit. see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions—(name of a person) Bai Suzhen, from Madame White Snake—lit. pull a snake from its hole—name of poisonous snake in ancient text—Leifeng Pagoda, by West Lake until it was destroyed (also from Madam White Snake)—lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom); fig. a local gangster who is above the law—Year of the Snake (e.g. 2001)—scales on the belly of a snake, aiding locomotion—poisonous snake (archaic)—lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous—bite (e.g. snake bite, mosquibite)—a man who is never content is like a snake trying swallow an elephant [idiom.]— |