Chinese–English

煞

shà · sha/shā · sha

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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shà 煞

  1. fiend
  2. demon
  3. very
  4. (Tw) SARS (loanword)

shā 煞

  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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