{"path":"/entry/44958","title":"折戟沉沙 (zhé jǐ chén shā) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"折戟沉沙 (zhé jǐ chén shā): literally broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":44958,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["折戟沉沙"],"TRADITIONAL":["折戟沉沙"]}},"phonetic":"zhé jǐ chén shā","phoneticKey":"zhe2 ji3 chen2 sha1","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"literally broken halberds embedded in the sand ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"figuratively reminder of a fierce battle","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"remnants of a disastrous defeat","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":"broken halberd buried in the sand","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the poem 《赤壁》 by Du Mu.","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"折戟沈沙铁未销，自将磨洗认前朝。","traditional":"折戟沈沙鐵未銷，自將磨洗認前朝。"},"phonetic":"Zhéjǐ chénshā tiě wèixiāo, zìjiāng móxǐ rèn qiáncháo.","english":"On a part of a spear still unrusted in the sand\nI have burnished the symbol of an ancient kingdom.","ref":"Du Mu, early 9th century. By the Purple Cliff (《赤壁》), translated by Witter Bynner."}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}