挫 cuò
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 坐 seat
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
挫败
cuòbài
to defeat; to frustrate; to thwart
Characters in this word
败 bài
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- Made of
- 贝 sea shell 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 警方及时采取行动，挫败了犯罪团伙转移资金的企图。 Jǐngfāng jíshí cǎiqǔ xíngdòng, cuòbài le fànzuì tuánhuǒ zhuǎnyí zījīn de qítú. The police acted in time and thwarted the criminal gang's attempt to transfer funds.
- 球队在最后一分钟挫败了对手的进攻。 Qiúduì zài zuìhòu yì fēn zhōng cuòbài le duìshǒu de jìngōng. The team thwarted the opponent's attack in the final minute.
- 一次次的失败并没有挫败他的信心。 Yí cì cì de shībài bìng méiyǒu cuòbài tā de xìnxīn. Repeated failures did not crush his confidence.
Related words
- 挫折 cuòzhé to frustrate
- 受挫 shòucuò to suffer a setback; to be frustrated
- 抑扬顿挫 yìyángdùncuò cadenced; rhythmically modulated
- 败 bài to lose
- 打败 dǎbài to defeat
- 失败 shībài to fail; failure
- 击败 jībài to defeat
- 败坏 bàihuài to corrupt; to ruin; corrupt
- 腐败 fǔbài corrupt; corruption; to decay
- 变故 biàngù an unforeseen event; accident; misfortune
- 措手不及 cuòshǒubùjí to be caught off guard; to be unprepared
- 厄运 èyùn bad luck; misfortune