蛇

se4

[[a snake]] | sèh 蛇 — to shirk one's duty, to be lazy on the job (gwdl 24,

蛇頭

se4 tau4

緬甸蟒蛇

min5 din6 mong5 se4

Burmese pythons

大蛇痾屎

daai6 se4 o1 si2

a big | important business deal [colloquial]

檐蛇

jim4 se4*2

gekko; lizard [Var.] 鹽蛇 | Mand.: 壁虎

打蛇餅

daa2 se4 beng2

a long queue (slang)

踩著芋莢都當蛇

caai2 zoek6 wu6 hap3 dou1 dong3 se4

false suspicion

蛇皮袋

se4 pei4 doi2

polypropylene woven bag, typically referring to the red-white-blue nylon canvas

蛇見硫磺

se4 gin3 lau4 wong4

clashing with each other

蛇船

se4 syun4

[n] ship used for importing illegals from China

放蛇

fong3 se4

a sting operation (used by undercover police to approach the target)

睇見大蛇屙尿

tai2 gin3 daai6 se4 o1 niu6

to be surprised like a country hick when one sees something unusual (lit., "catc

畫蛇添足

waak6 se4 tim1 zuk1

superfluous; ruining by over doing

蛇去邊

se4 heoi3 bin1

where are you going to hang out [colloquial]

阿蛇

aa3 se4

name for calling policemen (slang)

捉蛇入屎忽

zuk1 se4 jap6 si2 fat1

to bring unnecessary trouble upon oneself [colloquial]

打草驚蛇

daa2 cou2 ging3 se5

[[to beat the grass and scare the snake]] to alert one's enemy to one's activiti

打蛇餅

daa2 se4 beng2

[[to do the snake cake]] to form a long queue.

打蛇隨棒上

daa2 se4 ceoi4 gwan3 soeng5

[[to hit a snake and it crawls up the stick]] to exploit a situation to one's ad

打蛇數

daa2 syu1 sou3

[[to prepare for the worst]] to prepare for the worst.

大爛蛇

daai6 laan5 se4

[[big lazy snake]] a lazy person.