铩羽而归鎩羽而歸

shā yǔ ér guī

Meaning

(idiom) to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions

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铩shāspear; to injure钅杀羽yǔfeather, plume; wings习习而érand, and then, and yet; but 归guīto return, to go back; to return to, to revert彐