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挫折
挫折 in English: setback; reverse
cuò zhé
setback; reverse
How to pronounce 挫折
cuò zhé (without tone marks: cuo zhe). cuò is a fourth (sharply falling) tone; zhé is a second (rising) tone.
Characters in 挫折
挫 cuò
obstructed; to fail; to oppress
obstructed; to fail; to oppress
折 zhé
to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
Related words
| 打折 | dǎ zhé | to give a discount | HSK 4 |
| 曲折 | qū zhé | winding; complicated | HSK 6 |
| 折腾 | zhē teng | to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again | HSK 6 |
| 折 | zhé | to break; to fracture | HSK 6 |
| 折磨 | zhé mó | to torment; to torture | HSK 6 |
| 周折 | zhōu zhé | twists and turns; vicissitude | HSK 6 |
| 转折 | zhuǎn zhé | shift in the trend of events; turnaround | HSK 6 |