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行行蛇蚓 (háng háng shé yǐn): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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行行蛇蚓

行行蛇蚓 (háng háng shé yǐn): Describes handwriting or calligraphy that is messy (idiom) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

行 • háng • row; line; profession; trade • HSK 2.0 L4

HSK 4

háng行

row; line; profession; trade

行 • háng • row; line; profession; trade • HSK 2.0 L4

HSK 4

háng行

row; line; profession; trade

蛇 • shé • snake; serpent • HSK 2.0 L5

HSK 5

shé蛇

snake; serpent

蚓 • yǐn • earthworm

yǐn蚓

earthworm

Word Info

Pinyinháng háng shé yǐn

MeaningDescribes handwriting or calligraphy that is messy, twisted, and difficult to read, like snakes and earthworms crawling across the page.

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More common words that include characters from 行行蛇蚓.

Words with 行

不行bù xíngwon't do
行李xíng liluggage
银行yín hángbank
自行车zì xíng chēbicycle
行李箱xíng li xiāngtrunk [luggage]
银行卡yín háng kǎbank card
举行jǔ xínghold (an event)
出行chū xíngto go out somewhere (relatively short trip)

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 蚓

蚓螈yǐn yuáncaecilian (amphibian)
蚯蚓qiū yǐnearthworm
蛇蚓shé yǐnsnake and earthworm (calligraphy term)
蚯蚓洞qiū yǐn dòngearthworm burrow

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

蚯蚓粪

qiū yǐn fèn

earthworm castings

春蚓秋蛇chūn yǐn qiū shéDescribes poor calligraphy where strokes are twisted and ungraceful, like earthworms in spring and snakes in autumn.

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Example Sentences with 行行蛇蚓

tā他

de的

zì字

xiě写

dé得

háng行

háng行

shé蛇

yǐn蚓

，

gēn根

běn本

kàn看

bù不

qīng清

。

His handwriting is like snakes and earthworms in every line, completely illegible.

zhè这

piān篇

bǐ笔

jì记

háng行

háng行

shé蛇

yǐn蚓

，

wǒ我

shí实

zài在

dú读

bú不

xià下

qù去

。

These notes are so messy I really can't read them.