煞 - shà - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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13 strokes
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煞

shà

Definition

fiend
demon
very
(Tw) SARS (loanword)

Character Decomposition

Related words (9)

煞到

shà dào

(Tw) to like; to fall in love with

extremely; very

evil (spirit); ferocious look; baleful look; inauspicious influence; (of a tire, balloon etc) to leak air

deathly white

demon; fiend

see 煞有介事

demon; fiend

demon; fiend

hydraulic brake

Idioms (3)

煞有介事

shà yǒu jiè shì

to make a show of being very much in earnest (idiom); to act as if one is taking things very seriously

煞费苦心

shà fèi kǔ xīn

to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking; at the cost of a lot of effort

凶神恶煞

xiōng shén è shà

fiends (idiom); devils and monsters

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