蛇

• 拼音: shé
• 汉字拆解: 蛇 = 虫 (insect/creature) + 它 (it, originally pictograph of a snake)

含义

Snake; serpent.

Refers to the reptile, one of the twelve Chinese zodiac animals. Snakes have complex symbolism in Chinese culture — associated with wisdom and cunning, but also danger and evil. The idiom 画蛇添足 (drawing legs on a snake) means doing something superfluous.

例句

1. 我最怕蛇了，看到就会尖叫。
2. 这条蛇有毒，被咬了要立刻去医院。
3. 他属蛇，今年是本命年。

用法指南

语境: nature, zodiac, fear/danger

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 你属什么？我属蛇。(What's your zodiac? I'm a snake.)
• 小心，草丛里可能有蛇。(Be careful — there might be snakes in the grass.)

错误说法

• 他是一条蛇 — calling someone a snake implies they're treacherous; very insulting

起源与历史

Pictographic character depicting a snake, with 虫 (insect/creature) as the radical indicating it's a creature.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal