煞 saat³ {shā}

1. to terminate
2. to cut short
3. to squeeze
4. to tighten
5. to reduce
6. extremely

煞 saat³ {shà}

1. fiend
2. baleful
3. to bring to a stop
4. very

煞科 saat³ fo¹ {shā kē}

finale

煞食 saat³ sik⁶ {shā shí}

effective; killer move (spoken)

煞攤〔-摊〕 saat³ taan¹ {shā tān}

to finish; to end; to conclude; termination; closure

煞掣 saat³ zai³ {shā chè}

to use the brakes; brakes (of a car)

煞白 saat³ baak⁶ {shà bái}

deathly white

煞筆〔-笔〕 saat³ bat¹ {shā bǐ}

1. to stop one's pen
2. to break off writing
3. final remarks (at the end of a book or article)

煞車〔-车〕 saat³ ce¹ {shā chē}

to brake (when driving)

煞氣〔-气〕 saat³ hei³ {shā qì}

a leak

煞氣〔-气〕 saat³ hei³ {shà qì}

1. baleful look
2. inauspicious influence
3. (of a tire, balloon etc) to leak air

煞尾 saat³ mei⁵ {shā wěi}

1. to finish off
2. to wind up

煞神 saat³ san⁴ {shà shén}

1. demon
2. fiend

煞是 saat³ si⁶ {shà shì}

1. extremely
2. very

煞賬〔-账〕 saat³ zoeng³ {shā zhàng}

to settle an account

煞住 saat³ zyu⁶ {shā zhù}

1. to brake
2. to stop
3. to forbid

煞尾科 saat³ mei⁵ fo² {shā wěi kē}

the end; the epilogue

煞風景〔-风-〕 saat³ fung¹ ging² {shā fēng jǐng}

1. to damage beautiful scenery
2. fig. to spoil the fun

煞性子 saat³ sing³ zi² {shā xìng zi}

to vent anger

煞費苦心〔-费--〕 saat³ fai³ fu² sam¹ {shà fèi kǔ xīn}

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

煞有介事 saat³ jau⁵ gaai³ si⁶ {shà yǒu jiè shì}

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