can someone explain with some detail the character 煞, and why it would be used in phrases that seem unrelated, like:
煞有介事
煞/sha4 here in 煞有介事 means very. This saying is come from dialect and means pretending to be serious. For example, 他煞有介事地哭了起来。He starts to cry pretending to be serious.
DavidXuzhou
September 22, 2014 at 10:33 AM煞/sha4 here in 煞有介事 means very. This saying is come from dialect and means pretending to be serious. For example, 他煞有介事地哭了起来。He starts to cry pretending to be serious.