挫折 cuòzhé setback
setback; reverse; check; defeat; frustration; disappointment; to frustrate; to discourage; to set somebody back; to blunt; to subdue
How to remember 挫折: 挫 to check + 折 break = setback.
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How it is used
- A setback/frustration - a blow that checks one's progress: 遇到挫折 (yùdào cuòzhé) hit a setback, 经受挫折 (jīngshòu cuòzhé) endure frustration.
- Mainly the noun for life's reverses; can be a verb 'to frustrate/discourage' (挫折了他的积极性).
- Common in talk of resilience and growth; 挫折教育 (cuòzhé jiàoyù) 'adversity education'.