Read Edit View history 折戟沉沙 zhéjǐchénshā battle remnants Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 折戟沉沙 zhéjǐchénshā battle remnants broken halberds buried in the sand, serving as a physical reminder of a fierce ancient battle crushing defeat metaphor for suffering a disastrous failure or a total defeat in a major undertaking Frequency Written text 0.174 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
折戟沉沙 zhéjǐchénshā battle remnants broken halberds buried in the sand, serving as a physical reminder of a fierce ancient battle crushing defeat metaphor for suffering a disastrous failure or a total defeat in a major undertaking Frequency Written text 0.174 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)