撒
sā
Pinyin

Definition

撒
 - 
sā
  1. to let go
  2. to cast
  3. to let loose
  4. to discharge
  5. to give expression to
撒
 - 
sǎ
  1. to scatter
  2. to sprinkle
  3. to spill

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

撒
sā
  1. 1 to let go
  2. 2 to cast
  3. 3 to let loose
  4. 4 to discharge
  5. 5 to give expression to
撒娇
sā jiāo
  1. 1 to act like a spoiled child
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
  3. 3 to act coquettishly
播撒
bō sǎ
  1. 1 to sow (seeds)
  2. 2 to scatter
凯撒
Kǎi sā
  1. 1 Caesar or Kaiser (name)
吃喝拉撒睡
chī hē lā sā shuì
  1. 1 to eat, drink, shit, piss, and sleep
  2. 2 (fig.) the ordinary daily routine

Idioms (5)

不见兔子不撒鹰
bù jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng
  1. 1 you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)
  2. 2 one doesn't act without some incentive
撒手不管
sā shǒu bù guǎn
  1. 1 to stand aside and do nothing (idiom)
  2. 2 to take no part in
撒手人寰
sā shǒu rén huán
  1. 1 to leave one's mortal frame (idiom)
  2. 2 to die
撒手闭眼
sā shǒu bì yǎn
  1. 1 to have nothing further to do with a matter (idiom)
撒网捕风
sā wǎng bǔ fēng
  1. 1 lit. the wind cannot be caught in a net
  2. 2 to waste one's effort (idiom)

Sample Sentences

许多美国华裔甚至“撒钱”包场观看这场电影
xǔduō Měiguó Huáyì shènzhì “sǎ qián ”bāochǎng guānkàn zhè chǎng diànyǐng
Many Chinese Americans even "spend money" to watch this movie.
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酒泉、敦煌、吐鲁番、喀什、撒马尔罕、巴格达、君士坦丁堡等古城，宁波、泉州、广州、北海、科伦坡、吉达、亚历山大等地的古港就是记载这段历史的“活化石”。历史告诉我们：文明在开放中发展，民族在融合中共存。
Jiǔquán 、Dūnhuáng 、Tǔlǔfān 、Kāshí 、Sǎmǎěrhǎn 、Bāgédá 、Jūnshìtǎndīngbǎo děng gǔchéng ，Níngbō 、Quánzhōu 、Guǎngzhōu 、Běihǎi 、Kēlúnpō 、Jídá 、Yàlìshāndà děng de de gǔ gǎng jiùshì jìzǎi zhè duàn lìshǐ de “huóhuàshí ”。lìshǐ gàosu wǒmen ：wénmíng zài kāifàng zhōng fāzhǎn ，mínzú zài rónghé zhōng gòngcún 。
Ancient ports, such as Jiuquan, Dunhuang, Turpan, Kashgar, Samarkand, Baghdad, Constantinople, Ningbo, Quanzhou, Guangzhou, Beijing, Colombo, Jeddah and Alexandria are living fossils which carry this era within them. History tells us, civilisation develops with openness, peoples coexist in melting pots.
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在这条大动脉上，资金、技术、人员等生产要素自由流动，商品、资源成果等实现共享。阿拉木图、撒马尔罕、长安等重镇和苏尔港广州等良港兴旺发达，罗马、安息、贵霜等古国欣欣向荣，中国汉唐迎来了盛世。古丝绸之路创造了地区大发展大繁荣。
zài zhè tiáo dàdòngmài shàng ，zījīn 、jìshù 、rényuán děng shēngchǎn yàosù zìyóu liúdòng ，shāngpǐn 、Zīyuán chéngguǒ děng shíxiàn gòngxiǎng 。Ālāmùtú 、Sǎmǎěrhǎn 、Chángān děng zhòngzhèn hé Sūěr gǎng Guǎngzhōu děng liánggǎng xīngwàngfādá ，Luómǎ 、ānxī 、Guǐshuāng děng gǔguó xīnxīnxiàngróng ，Zhōngguó Hàn Táng yíng lái le shèngshì 。gǔ SīchóuzhīLù chuàngzào le dìqū dà fāzhǎn dà fánróng 。
On these great thoroughfares the essential factors of production, such as capital, technology, and manpower flowed freely, with sharing of goods, resources and achievements. Important cities such as Almaty, Samarkand and Changan, along with great ports like Sur and Guangzhou flourished, while the Roman, the Arsacid and the Kushan civilisations prospered and China was enjoying the high point of its civilisation in the Han and Tang dynasties. The old Silk Road created great regional development and prosperity.
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那撒向江水的一樽酒，便连接了这虚幻与真实，仿佛穿越了时空，把诗人孤单却激越的情怀投入了那冠盖云集的古三国战场上，也让他寂寥的心得到了些许慰藉。
nà sā xiàng jiāng shuǐ de yī zūn jiǔ ，biàn liánjiē le zhè xūhuàn yǔ zhēnshí ，fǎngfú chuānyuè le shíkōng ，bǎ shīrén gūdān què jīyuè de qínghuái tóurù le nà guàngàiyúnjí de gǔ guó zhànchǎng shàng ，yě ràng tā jìliáo de xīn dédào le xiē xǔ wèijiè 。
The cup of alcohol sprinkled on the river water, links the illusory with the real, as if passing through time and space, infusing the poet's lonely yet intense mood into the overcast skies of the battleground of the Three Kingdoms, giving some consolation to his lonely heart.
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哟，撒狗粮来啦，刚刚吵着说受委屈的是谁呀，怎么，还不能让人说他两句啊！
yō ，sā gǒuliáng lái la ，gānggāng chāo zhe shuō shòu wěiqū de shì shéi ya ，zěnme ，hái bùnéng ràngrén shuō tā liǎng jù ā ！
Oh, here comes the showing off to the singleton! Who did you say was being wronged just now? Why can't you just let a man say his piece!
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你们不是都一直都打情骂俏的嘛，到处撒狗粮这怎么就分手了呢，根据我对你的了解，一定是你作的吧？早提醒你了，小作怡情，大作伤身。
nǐmen bùshì dōu yīzhí dōu dǎqíngmàqiào de ma ，dàochù sāgǒuliáng zhè zěnme jiù fēnshǒu le ne ，gēnjù wǒ duì nǐ de liǎojiě ，yīdìng shì nǐ zuò de ba ？zǎo tíxǐng nǐ le ，xiǎo zuò yíqíng ，dàzuò shāng shēn 。
Aren't you two always bantering back and forth? With all the PDA all over the place how did you end up splitting up? Knowing you, I'll bet it was you that did it, no? I've told you before, a bit of banter is par for the course, but hen-pecking when it gets out of control will get you burned.
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倒不是，导火索是我做得太过火了，每次大姨妈来，我都拉肚子，就爱向他撒娇卖萌求安慰，时间久了他有点不以为然了，昨天他说“不就是拉肚子吗”。
dào bùshì ，dǎohuǒsuǒ shì wǒ zuò de tài guòhuǒ le ，měicì dàyímā lái ，wǒ dōu lā dùzi ，jiù ài xiàng tā sājiāo màiméng qiú ānwèi ，shíjiān jiǔ le tā yǒudiǎnr bùyǐwéirán le ，zuótiān tā shuō “bù jiùshì lā dùzi ma ”。
That's not it at all. The trigger was me going overboard. Every time my Aunt Flow comes to town, I always get diarrhea, so I'll act all cute and distraught with him and ask him to comfort me. After a while he started to have a problem with it, and yesterday he said "Isn't it just diarrhea?".
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哎呦喂，这敢情好啊！成天看你们几个在朋友圈秀恩爱撒狗粮的，我都快被虐死了。
āiyōuwēi ，zhè gǎnqíng hǎo a ！chéngtiān kàn nǐmen jǐ ge zài péngyou quān xiù ēnài sā gǒuliáng de ，wǒ dōu kuài bèi nuè sǐ le 。
Hey! Of course I'm willing! After seeing all of you on WeChat Moments showing off your love, spraying dog-food over the rest of us. I already feel quite abused.
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我真觉得宅着挺好的，再说了，我就是一网络自媒体人，吃喝拉撒工作在家都能搞定，出门还得收拾自己，多麻烦。
wǒ zhēn juéde zhái zhe tǐng hǎo de ，zàishuō le ，wǒ jiùshì yī wǎngluò zìméitǐ rén ，chīhē lāsā gōngzuò zài jiā dōu néng gǎodìng ，chūmén hái děi shōushi zìjǐ ，duō máfan 。
I think that being a shut-in is fine with me. And another thing, I have my own media platform online, so I can do everything from home, whether it be eating, drinking or pissing or shitting. If I go out I have to tidy myself up and that's so much hassle.
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难怪几星期没见到孙太了…我就觉得怪，我们这阵子驻守在号子，吃喝拉撒都在这儿，如今她的老位子收拾得干干净净的，看起来怪不习惯呢。
nánguài jǐ xīngqī méi jiàndào sūntài le …wǒ jiù juéde guài ，wǒmen zhèzhènzi zhùshǒu zài hàozi ，chīhē lā sā dōu zài zhèr ，rújīn tā de lǎo wèizi shōushi de gāngānjìngjìng de ，kàn qǐlái guài bù xíguàn ne 。
No wonder I haven't seen Mrs Sun about for a few weeks... I thought it was weird that we've all been here at the brokerage going about our normal routine, while her old seat was all tidy looking, it seemed so strange.
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