Chinese Word: 铩 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

铩 (Trad.: 鎩)

Pinyin: shā

English Definition: spear; to cripple (literary)

Chinese Definition:
①古代一种长矛。
②摧残，伤残：铩羽(羽毛掉落，喻失意受挫折)。铩羽之鸟。

Total strokes: 11; Radical: 金

Ideographic:A metal 钅 weapon 杀

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 钅 [ jīn ] gold, metal; money
- 杀 [ shā ] to kill, to murder, to slaughter; to hurt

Similar Characters: 铢

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to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions (idiom)

1		zài 在 liǎng nián 两年 zhī hòu 之后 de 的 sī dé gē ěr mó 斯德哥尔摩 ào yùn huì 奥运会 shàng 上， é guó 俄国 jī jiàn 击剑 xuǎn shǒu 选手 shā 铩 yì 翼 ér 而 guī 归。 Two years after that Russian fencers debuted on the Olympic Games, failing to get any medals in Stockholm.
2		kāi biāo 开标 hòu 后， hǎn 喊 zuì gāo jià 最高价 zhě 者 yíng 赢， bìng 并 fù 付 cǐ 此 zuì gāo jià 最高价 gěi 给 mài zhě 卖者 huàn 换 zèng 甑 nài 奈 shā 铩 gāo 高 hǎn jià 喊价 zhě 者 yíng 赢 de 的 pāi mài 拍卖 yāo qiú 要求 mǎi zhě 买者 zài 在 jìng biāo 竞标 shí 时 cǎi yòng 采用 cè lüè xìng 策略性 de 的 xíng wéi 行为。 The buyer making the highest bid wins the item and pays the seller that bid. High-bid auctions call for strategic behavior by buyers.