five poisons
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Five animals regarded as poisonous or otherwise hazardous in Chinese folklore: typically snakes, scorpions, centipedes, toads, and spiders.
name
Five groups regarded by the Communist Party of China as threats to their rule: Uyghur and Tibetan supporters of respective independence movements, Falun Gong adherents, and supporters of Chinese democracy and the independence of Taiwan.
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Religion.
Inflected Forms
the Five Poisons (canonical)