Usage of the character 铩
shā
铩
[鎩]
- (old) spear; lance
- (literary) to cripple; to harm; to injure
shāyǔ
铩羽
[鎩羽]
- (literary) (lit.) to cripple the wings of a bird
- (literary) (fig.) depressed; despondent; defeated
shāyǔ'érguī
铩羽而归
[鎩羽而歸]
- (idiom) to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions