shā
Pinyin

Definition

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shā
  1. to terminate
  2. to cut short
  3. to bring to a stop
  4. to squeeze
  5. to tighten
  6. to damage
  7. variant of 殺|杀[shā]
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shà
  1. fiend
  2. demon
  3. very
  4. (Tw) SARS (loanword)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (15)

shā bǐ
  1. 1 to stop one's pen
  2. 2 to break off writing
  3. 3 final remarks (at the end of a book or article)
dà shā fēng jǐng
è shà
  1. 1 demon
  2. 2 fiend
zhé shā
  1. 1 variant: 折杀 zhé shā
shā
  1. 1 to terminate
  2. 2 to cut short
  3. 3 to bring to a stop
  4. 4 to squeeze
  5. 5 to tighten
  6. 6 to damage
  7. 7 variant: 杀 shā

Idioms (3)

凶神恶煞
xiōng shén è shà
  1. 1 fiends (idiom); devils and monsters
煞有介事
shà yǒu jiè shì
  1. 1 to make a show of being very much in earnest (idiom)
  2. 2 to act as if one is taking things very seriously
煞费苦心
shà fèi kǔ xīn
  1. 1 to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking
  2. 2 at the cost of a lot of effort