烂死蛇

爛死蛇
lànsǐshé
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 a rotten dead snake (fig.)
  2. 2 an intractable burden one can't shake off
  3. 3 a clinging nuisance

Examples

HSK 6
Nà bǐ zhài chéng le tā jiā de lànsǐshé.
That debt became a dead weight around his family's neck.
HSK 7-9
Zhè zhuāng guānsi xiàng lànsǐshé yīyàng chán zhe tā, jǐ nián dōu tuō bu kāi.
The lawsuit clings to him like a rotten dead snake, years on, still can't shake it.

Tips

memory
Picture a rotting snake wound around your leg, dead but still stuck to you, stinking and impossible to throw off. The image captures the inescapable quality of the burden.

Stroke Order

làn
shé