jiào​shājiāo​shài

strained and high-pitched

  • created sense approved 噍杀/噍殺 · jiào​shā · strained and high-pitched — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    噍杀 / 噍殺

    jiào​shā

    strained and high-pitched

    (of a voice or sound) high-pitched, harsh, and unpleasant

    噍 (literal) → 噍 · jiào · to chew 杀 (literal) → 杀/殺 · shā · to reduce

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  • created sense approved 噍杀/噍殺 · jiāo​shài · faint and hurried — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    噍杀 / 噍殺

    jiāo​shài

    faint and hurried

    (of music or sound) thin, faint, and rapid, as described in the [[礼记|禮記|li3 ji4]]

    噍 (literal) → 噍 · jiāo · anxious 杀 (literal) → 杀/殺 · shài · to decrease

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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