铩羽 shāyǔ to be defeated Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 铩 鎩 shā to harm (literary) to harm or cripple; to damage or cause to fall, as in 铩羽 shāyǔ describing a bird losing its feathers or a person failing and losing spirit羽 yǔ wing (bound form) wing of a bird or insect