shā​yǔ

to be defeated

  • created reference approved 铩羽/鎩羽 → 铩羽而归/鎩羽而歸 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    铩羽 / 鎩羽 shā​yǔ

    铩羽而归 / 鎩羽而歸 shā​yǔ'ér​guī

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 铩羽/鎩羽 · shā​yǔ · to be defeated — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    铩羽 / 鎩羽

    shā​yǔ

    to be defeated

    (literary) literally meaning a bird's feathers are broken so it cannot fly; used to describe being defeated, frustrated, or unsuccessful, particularly in competitions or career pursuits

    铩 (literal) → 铩/鎩 · shā · to harm 羽 (literal) → 羽 · yǔ · wing

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

    created sense