蛇雕
shé diāo · (bird species of China) crested serpent eagle (Spilornis cheela)
Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 蛇雕
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
snake; serpent; CL:條|条[tiao2]; variant of 蛇[she2]
雕diāobird of prey; to carve; to engrave; shrewd; bird of prey; variant of 雕[diao1], to engrave
雕刻diāokèto carve; to engrave; carving
雕塑diāosùa statue; a Buddhist image; sculpture; to carve
雕像diāoxiàngsculpture; (carved) statue; CL:尊[zun1]
画蛇添足huàshé-tiānzúlit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous; to overdo it