挫折
cuò zhé
Pinyin

Definition

挫折
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cuò zhé
  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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

折
shé
  1. 1 to break (e.g. stick or bone)
  2. 2 a loss
折磨
zhé mó
  1. 1 to torment
  2. 2 to torture
折腾
zhē teng
  1. 1 to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly)
  2. 2 to repeat sth over and over again
  3. 3 to torment sb
  4. 4 to play crazy
  5. 5 to squander (time, money)
挫折
cuò zhé
  1. 1 setback
  2. 2 reverse
  3. 3 check
  4. 4 defeat
  5. 5 frustration
  6. 6 disappointment
  7. 7 to frustrate
  8. 8 to discourage
  9. 9 to set sb back
  10. 10 to blunt
  11. 11 to subdue
不折不扣
bù zhé bù kòu
  1. 1 a hundred percent
  2. 2 to the letter
  3. 3 out-and-out

Idioms (8)

一折两段
yī zhé liǎng duàn
  1. 1 to split sth into two (idiom)
折节读书
zhé jié dú shū
  1. 1 to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
朱云折槛
Zhū Yún zhē kǎn
  1. 1 Mr Zhu Yun breaks the railing (idiom); to challenge and admonish boldly
百折不挠
bǎi zhé bù náo
  1. 1 to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom)
  2. 2 to be undaunted by repeated setbacks
  3. 3 to be indomitable
盘旋曲折
pán xuán qū zhé
  1. 1 lit. windy and circuitous
  2. 2 difficult (idiom)

Sample Sentences

看来挫折让人成熟，这话相当有道理，可以让一介凡夫俗子，瞬间变成哲学家。所以你的领悟是什么？
kànlai cuòzhé ràngrén chéngshú ，zhè huà xiāngdāng yǒudàolǐ ，kěyǐ ràng yī jiè fánfūsúzǐ ，shùnjiān biànchéng zhéxué jiā 。suǒyǐ nǐ de lǐngwù shì shénme ？
It seems like hardships make one more mature. What you said makes sense, and can turn an ordinary guy into a philosopher in an instant. So what was your revelation?
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你呀，哪来那么多愁善感。人生在世哪有一帆风顺没有挫折的，就像心电图啊，高低起伏才说明有活力。老人不是常说，“得之我幸，失之我命”，看开点儿，得失心别那么重，保持向上的姿态，那些烦心事就不足挂齿了。
nǐ ya ，nǎ lái nàme duōchóushàngǎn 。rénshēng zàishì nǎyǒu yīfánfēngshùn méiyǒu cuòzhé de ，jiù xiàng xīndiàntú ā ，gāodī qǐfú cái shuōmíng yǒu huólì 。lǎorén bùshì cháng shuō ，“dé zhī wǒ xìng ，shī zhī wǒ mìng ”，kàn kāi diǎnr ，déshī xīn bié nàme zhòng ，bǎochí xiàngshàng de zītài ，nàxiē fánxīnshì jiù bùzúguàchǐ le 。
Why so depressed? There's no such thing as a life that's all smooth sailing without any frustrations. It's like an ECG, it's only when there are ups and downs that you know you're alive. Don't old people always say, "to gain is luck, to lose is fate". Try to cheer up a bit, don't take gains and losses to heart. If you keep striving forward, your troubles aren't worth dwelling on.
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2、在遭受挫折后，与其垂头丧气，不如振作精神，重新再干
、zài zāoshòu cuòzhé hòu ，yǔqí chuítóusàngqì ，bùrú zhènzuò jīngshén ，chóngxīn zài gàn
After suffering setbacks, instead of despairing, it is better to cheer up and start over.
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经历过挫折。
jīnglì guo cuòzhé 。
I've experienced setbacks.
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也好，让他接受点挫折教育。
yěhǎo ，ràng tā jiēshòu diǎnr cuòzhé jiàoyù 。
That's good too. Let him learn some tough life lessons.
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经历了一次挫折。
jīnglì le yī cì cuòzhé 。
You went through something very difficult.
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遇到的最大的挫折是什么呢？
yùdào de zuì dà de cuòzhé shì shénme ne ？
What was the biggest frustration you ran into?
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朋友们，今天我对你们说，在此时此刻，我们虽然遭受种种困难和挫折，我仍然有一个梦想，这个梦想是深深扎根于美国的梦想中的。
péngyou men ，jīntiān wǒ duì nǐ men shuō ，zài cǐshícǐkè ，wǒ men suīrán zāoshòu zhǒngzhǒng kùnnan hé cuòzhé ，wǒ réngrán yǒu yī ge mèngxiǎng ，zhè ge mèngxiǎng shì shēnshēn zhāgēn yú Měiguó de mèngxiǎng zhōng de 。
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