煞shāⅠ ❶ (结束； 止住) stop; halt; check; bring to a close: ～ 住脚 stop short; 文章写到这里还 ～ 不住。 The article can't very well end here.
❷ (勒紧； 扣紧) tighten: ～ 一 ～ 腰带 tighten one's belt
❸ (削弱； 消除) weaken; reduce; abate Ⅱ (用在动词后， 表示程度深) in the extreme; exceedingly
另见 see also shà。
◆煞笔 concluding lines of an article; ending of a piece of writing; write the final line；
煞车 firmly fasten a load (on a vehicle); lash down the load; stop car; brake；
煞尾 finish off; round off; wind up; bring to an end; final stage; end; ending
煞shàⅠ （凶神） evil spirit; goblin: 凶神恶 ～ devils; fiends Ⅱ (极； 很) very: ～ 是难办 very difficult to deal with
另见 see also shā。
◆煞白 ghastly pale; deathly pale; pallid；
煞费苦心 rack one's brains; bestow [give] great care upon [to]; cudgel one's brains; go through a lot of trouble; Great pains have been taken to...; It takes great [a lot of] pain.; pain stakingly; take great pains; with much ado；
煞有介事 make such a fuss about; in all apparent seriousness; in seeming earnest; pretend to be serious; pull a sanctimonious face; put on such airs; with airs of importance; with seeming [affected] seriousness |