铩羽

Traditional form:

鎩羽

Pinyin (reading):

shāyǔ

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 铩 - spear; to injure
• 羽 - feather, plume; wings

Traditional characters:

• 鎩 - spear; to injure
• 羽 - feather, plume; wings