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铩羽而归
shā yǔ ér guī
What 铩羽而归 means
- idiomto return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions
The characters in 铩羽而归
- 铩shā(old) spear; lance; (literary) to cripple; to harm; to injure
- 羽yǔfeather; 5th note in pentatonic scale
- 而érand; as well as; and so
- 归guīto return; to go back to; to give back to
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