Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
挫折
cuòzhé
Description
"挫折"是指做事情失败，没有成功。
"挫折" means failure in doing something, not succeeding.
每个人都会遇到挫折，重要的是不要放弃。
Everyone encounters 挫折; the important thing is not to give up.
Meanings
挫折cuòzhé
setback; failure; frustration
他在工作中遇到了很多挫折。
He encountered many setbacks at work.
挫折cuòzhé
to defeat; to frustrate; to set back
这次失败没有挫折他的信心。
This failure did not shake his confidence.
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Notes
- Etymology
挫 (to break/frustrate) + 折 (to snap/break), together meaning a setback or defeat.
- Nuance
usually a noun; often paired with 遇到 or 经历 to mean 'encounter a setback'.
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