shā

Traditional: 鎩

铩 (shā) is a Chinese word meaning “(old) spear; lance; (literary) to cripple; to harm; to injure”.

Meanings

  1. 1(old) spear; lance
  2. 2(literary) to cripple; to harm; to injure

Related words

铩羽而归(idiom) to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions铩羽(literary) (lit.) to cripple the wings of a bird

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