zhé jǐ chén shā

折戟沉沙 (zhé jǐ chén shā) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom); fig. reminder of a fierce battle; remnants of a disastrous defeat”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom)
  2. 2fig. reminder of a fierce battle; remnants of a disastrous defeat

Characters in 折戟沉沙

折shé · to snap戟jǐ · halberd沉chén · to submerge沙shā · granule

Related words

折磨to torment; to torture沙发(loanword) sofa (CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1])沙granule沙(dialect) to sift; to sieve沙surname Sha沉默taciturn沙漠desert沙滩beach沉to submerge沉variant of 沉[chen2]沙拉(loanword) salad骨折to suffer a fracture

Study Chinese with flashcards →