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八岐大蛇

Bā qí Dà shé

4-character word

What 八岐大蛇 means

1. Yamata no Orochi, serpent with eight heads and eight tails from mythological section of Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan)

The characters in 八岐大蛇

• 八bāeight
• 岐Qísurname Qi; also used in place names
• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 蛇shésnake; serpent

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