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Meaning of 虺

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Polyphone (多音字)
Total strokes: 9; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (worm) conveys the meaning.
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1
Pinyin: huī
English Definition:sick; with no ambition
2
Pinyin: huǐ
English Definition:mythical venomous snake
Chinese Definition:
①古书上说的一种毒蛇:虺蜮(虺、蜴、蜮都是害人的毒物,喻奸恶小人)。为虺弗摧,为蛇若何(小蛇不打死,成了大蛇怎么办?原喻要趁敌人弱小时就把它消灭,后泛指坏人要及早除掉)。
Example Words:
虺虺 huǐ huǐ rumbling (of thunder etc)
虺蜥 huǐ venomous snake; fig. vicious person
为虺弗摧 wéi huǐ cuī to prevent evils from extending their influence (idiom)
More:虺* | *虺 | *虺*
Example Sentences
1
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
2
Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.
3
Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.
4
使
They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's; the poison of vipers is on their lips.
5
使
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.