Usage of the character 挫
cuò
挫
[挫]
- obstructed
- to fail
- to oppress
- to repress
- to lower the tone
- to bend back
- to dampen
shòucuò
受挫
[受挫]
- thwarted
- obstructed
- setback
cuòzhé
挫折
[挫折]
- setback
- reverse
- check
- defeat
- frustration
- disappointment
- to frustrate
- to discourage
- to set sb back
- to blunt
- to subdue
cuòbài
挫败
[挫敗]
- to thwart; to foil (sb's plans)
- a setback; a failure; a defeat
cuòchuāng
挫疮
[挫瘡]
- acne
- pustule
lìcuò
力挫
[力挫]
- to win as a result of tenacious effort
- to fight off tough competition
zhòngcuò
重挫
[重挫]
- devastating setback
- slump (in stock market etc)
- crushing defeat
- to cause a serious setback
- to plummet
dùncuò
顿挫
[頓挫]
- a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes
- a cadence
- punctuated by a transition
- with syncopated cadence (brush stroke in painting)
xiàcuò
下挫
[下挫]
- (of sales, prices etc) to fall
- to drop
- decline
- slump
zhécuò
折挫
[折挫]
- to frustrate
- to inhibit
- to make things difficult
cuòzhégǎn
挫折感
[挫折感]
- frustration
dùncuòyìyáng
顿挫抑扬
[頓挫抑揚]
- cadence
- modulation
yìyángdùncuò
抑扬顿挫
[抑揚頓挫]
- see 頓挫抑揚／顿挫抑扬 (dùncuòyìyáng)