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毒蛇猛兽 (dú shé měng shòu): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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毒蛇猛兽

毒蛇猛兽 (dú shé měng shòu): Extremely dangerous and vicious people or things that threaten human life and society (idiom) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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毒 • dú • poison, toxin • HSK 3.0 · L6

HSK 3.0 · L6

dú毒

poison, toxin

蛇 • shé • snake; serpent • HSK 2.0 L5

HSK 5

shé蛇

snake; serpent

猛 • měng • fierce, violent, vigorous • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

měng猛

fierce, violent, vigorous

兽 • shòu • beast; wild animal

shòu兽

beast; wild animal

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Pinyindú shé měng shòu

Meaningextremely dangerous and vicious people or things that threaten human life and society

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More common words that include characters from 毒蛇猛兽.

Words with 毒

病毒bìng dúvirus
中毒zhòng dúto be poisoned
毒品dú pǐndrugs; narcotics
消毒xiāo dúdisinfect; sterilise
吸毒xī dútake drugs
杀毒shā dúkill viruses
下毒xià dúto poison
制毒zhì dúdrug manufacturing

Words with 蛇

画蛇添足huà shé tiān zúdraw a snake and add feet to it
小蛇xiǎo shélittle snake
毒蛇dú shépoisonous snake
虺蛇huǐshévenomous snake

Words with 猛

猛烈měng lièfierce; violent; vigorous
凶猛xiōng měngSavage
猛然měng ránsuddenly / abruptly
迅猛xùn měngrapid

Words with 兽

飞禽走兽fēi qín zǒu shòubirds and animals
野兽yě shòuBeast / Wild animal
兽医shòu yīveterinarian
兽性shòu xìngbrutality; beastly nature

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Example Sentences with 毒蛇猛兽

zài在

zhàn战

zhēng争

shí时

qī期

，

qīn侵

蛇年

shé nián

Year of the Snake

蛇蚓shé yǐnsnake and earthworm (calligraphy term)

蝠蛇fú shébat snake (a type of snake)

响尾蛇xiǎng wěi shérattlesnake

勇猛

yǒng měng

brave and fierce

威猛wēi měngmighty, fierce

猛兽měng shòufierce beast; predator

猛击měng jīto strike hard

怪兽

guài shòu

monster

猛兽měng shòufierce beast; predator

禽兽qín shòubeast; brute (insult)

独角兽dú jiǎo shòuunicorn

lüè略

zhě者

jiù就

xiàng像

dú毒

shé蛇

měng猛

shòu兽

yí一

yàng样

cán残

hài害

bǎi百

xìng姓

。

During wartime, the invaders harmed the people like poisonous snakes and fierce beasts.

zhè这

xiē些

dú毒

shé蛇

měng猛

shòu兽

bān般

de的

hēi黑

bāng帮

fēn分

zǐ子

zhōng终

yú于

bèi被

jǐng警

fāng方

yì一

wǎng网

dǎ打

jìn尽

。

These gang members, like poisonous snakes and fierce beasts, were finally rounded up by the police.