yí​shǐ

to defecate

Senses

遗矢/ 遺矢 yí​shǐ to defecate

(literary) to defecate; to relieve oneself. Often used in literary contexts to describe incontinence as a sign of old age or physical decline. In this sense shǐ is used identically to shǐ

遗矢/ 遺矢 yí​shǐ to lose arrows

(literary) to lose arrows in battle, often used to describe a minor loss during a war

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