cuò zhé

HSK 7–9

挫折 (cuò zhé) is a Chinese word meaning “setback; reverse; check”.

Meanings

  1. 1setback
  2. 2reverse
  3. 3check
  4. 4defeat
  5. 5frustration
  6. 6disappointment
  7. 7to frustrate
  8. 8to discourage
  9. 9to set sb back
  10. 10to blunt
  11. 11to subdue
Part of speech
verb, noun

Characters in 挫折

挫cuò · obstructed折shé · to snap

Related words

折磨to torment; to torture骨折to suffer a fracture折to snap折to turn sth over折to break折variant of 折[zhe2]折腾to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly)折断to snap sth off打折to give a discount折扣discount挫败to thwart; to foil (sb's plans)挫obstructed

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