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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 铩羽而归
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 铩羽而归 | shā yǔ ér guī | - (idiom) to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 42,276 | 59,146 | 77,297 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 铩 | shā | - (old) spear; lance - (literary) to cripple; to harm; to injure |
| 羽 | yǔ | - feather - 5th note in pentatonic scale |
| 而 | ér | - and - as well as - and so - but (not) - yet (not) - (indicates causal relation) - (indicates change of state) - (indicates contrast) |
| 归 | guī | - surname Gui |
| 归 | guī | - to return - to go back to - to give back to - (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by - to belong to - to gather together - (used between two identical verbs) despite - to marry (of a woman) (old) - division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor |
Other Words Containing 铩羽而归
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 铩羽而归 | - | - | 42,276 | 59,146 | 77,297 |