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挫折

cuò zhé · cuo zhe

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 7–9Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. setback
  2. reverse
  3. check
  4. defeat
  5. frustration
  6. disappointment
  7. to frustrate
  8. to discourage
  9. to set sb back
  10. to blunt
  11. to subdue
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Learning to ride a bike

  1. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)学(xué)骑车(qíchē)，已经(yǐjīng)摔(shuāi)了(le)五次(wǔcì)了(le)。

    I am learning to ride a bike. I have fallen five times.

  2. Liangliang

    遇到(yùdào)挫折(cuòzhé)，别(bié)放弃(fàngqì)。

    When you meet setbacks, do not give up.

  3. Dengdeng

    这个(zhège)挫折(cuòzhé)太(tài)大(dà)了(le)，我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)回家(huíjiā)。

    This setback is too big. I want to go home.

  4. Liangliang

    每个(měigè)人(rén)学(xué)骑车(qíchē)都(dōu)有(yǒu)挫折(cuòzhé)，再(zài)试(shì)一次(yīcì)吧(ba)。

    Everyone has setbacks learning to ride. Try once more.

  5. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)！你(nǐ)看(kàn)，我(wǒ)骑(qí)起来(qǐlai)了(le)！可是(kěshì)怎么(zěnme)停下来(tíngxiàlái)？

    Good! Look, I am riding! But how do I stop?

  6. Liangliang

    哈哈(hāhā)，新的(xīnde)挫折(cuòzhé)来了(láile)！

    Ha ha, a new setback has arrived!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

面(miàn)对(duì)挫(cuò)折(zhé)，她(tā)选(xuǎn)择(zé)继(jì)续(xù)努(nǔ)力(lì)而(ér)不(bú)是(shì)放(fàng)弃(qì)。

Facing setbacks, she chose to keep working hard instead of giving up.

02

这(zhè)次(cì)失(shī)败(bài)让(ràng)他(tā)受(shòu)到(dào)很(hěn)大(dà)挫(cuò)折(zhé)，但(dàn)他(tā)没(méi)有(yǒu)灰(huī)心(xīn)。

This failure dealt him a big setback, but he did not lose heart.

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