| 挫 | [ cuò ] obstructed, to fail, to oppress, to repress, to lower the tone, to bend back, to dampen |
| 挫折 | [ cuò zhé ] setback, reverse, check, defeat, frustration, disappointment, to frustrate, to discourage, to set sb back, to blunt, to subdue |
| 挫折感 | [ cuò zhé gǎn ] frustration |
| 挫敗 | [ cuò baì ] to thwart, to foil (sb's plans), a setback, a failure, a defeat |
| 挫瘡 | [ cuò chuāng ] acne, pustule |
| ⇒ 下挫 | [ xià cuò ] (of sales, prices etc) to fall, to drop, decline, slump |
| ⇒ 力挫 | [ lì cuò ] to win as a result of tenacious effort, to fight off tough competition |
| ⇒ 受挫 | [ shoù cuò ] thwarted, obstructed, setback |
| ⇒ 抑揚頓挫 | [ yì yáng dùn cuò ] see 頓挫抑揚|顿挫抑扬[dun4 cuo4 yi4 yang2] |
| ⇒ 折挫 | [ zhé cuò ] to frustrate, to inhibit, to make things difficult |
| ⇒ 重挫 | [ zhòng cuò ] devastating setback, slump (in stock market etc), crushing defeat, to cause a serious setback, to plummet |
| ⇒ 頓挫 | [ dùn cuò ] 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) |
| ⇒ 頓挫抑揚 | [ dùn cuò yì yáng ] cadence, modulation |