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大伤元气

dà shāng yuán qìdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to ruin one's constitution
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-699af35561438968. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

大傷元氣 大伤元气 [da4 shang1 yuan2 qi4] /to ruin one's constitution/

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Other forms in these source records: 大傷元氣

  • 大
    dà

    big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

    dài

    see 大夫[dài fu]

  • 伤
    shāng

    to injure / injury / wound

  • 元
    yuán

    currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first / original / primary / (bound form) basic / fundamental / (bound form) constituent / part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument / variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon

    Yuán

    surname Yuan / Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)

  • 气
    qì

    gas / air / smell / weather / to make angry / to annoy / to get angry / vital energy / qi

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.