僨
to instigate; to ruin; to destroy
Closest English meanings
to overturn·to fail·to ruin
The Calligrapher — Lù Jiǎnzhī 陆柬之
Tang calligrapher and nephew of Yu Shinan; his running-script 'Essay on Literature' survives
Tang calligrapher (), master of running script — known for 《文赋》. Tang dynasty
Cultural Story
The "Zuo Zhuan" warns that a hasty commander may 僨事 — ruin the enterprise he was meant to win — and the same word named a chariot hurled onto its side in the press of battle. To 僨 was to fail by overturning, the enterprise or the wheel flipped by rush and pride. The histories keep it as the caution of the reckless.
Common words & phrases
- 僨事 ruin an affair · fail
- 僨辕 overturn the chariot · fail
- 僨败 defeat · failure
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The project 僨事 when the lead quit mid-week; the launch 僨败 after the bug shipped. The word now names a failure that topples what was built — a lost account, a missed bid — the overturning of plan by error or haste, spoken in the post-mortem where a team counts what the rush cost them and why it fell.
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