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铩羽

shā yǔ

2-character word Traditional 鎩羽

What 铩羽 means

1. literary(lit.) to cripple the wings of a bird
2. literary(fig.) depressed; despondent; defeated

The characters in 铩羽

• 铩shā(old) spear; lance; (literary) to cripple; to harm; to injure
• 羽yǔfeather; 5th note in pentatonic scale

Words starting with 铩羽

• 铩羽而归shā yǔ ér guī(idiom) to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions

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