铩羽而归
shā​yǔ'ér​guī

to return in failure

  • created sense approved 铩羽而归/鎩羽而歸 · shā​yǔ'ér​guī · to return in failure — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    铩羽而归 / 鎩羽而歸

    shā​yǔ'ér​guī

    to return in failure

    to return home disappointed or in low spirits after suffering a defeat or failing to achieve one's ambitions; literally, like a bird returning with wounded wings or missing feathers

    铩羽 (literal) → 铩羽/鎩羽 · shā​yǔ · to be defeated 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 归 (literal) → 归/歸 · guī · to return

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

    created sense