受 shòu
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 又 — and, also, again, in addition
- Made of
- 爫 claws, nails, talons 冖 cover 又 and, also, again, in addition
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
受挫
shòucuò
to suffer a setback; to be frustrated
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 谈判受挫后，双方仍保留了继续沟通的渠道。 Tánpàn shòucuò hòu, shuāngfāng réng bǎoliú le jìxù gōutōng de qúdào. After the negotiations suffered a setback, both sides still kept channels for continued communication open.
- 项目一开始受挫，但队员们没有放弃。 Xiàngmù yī kāishǐ shòucuò, dàn duìyuánmen méiyǒu fàngqì. The project suffered a setback at the start, but the team members did not give up.
- 求职多次受挫后，他决定先提高自己的技能。 Qiúzhí duō cì shòucuò hòu, tā juédìng xiān tígāo zìjǐ de jìnéng. After repeated setbacks in his job search, he decided to improve his skills first.
Related words
- 接受 jiēshòu to accept
- 难受 nánshòu uncomfortable; upset
- 受到 shòudào to receive; to be given
- 感受 gǎnshòu to feel; feeling
- 受 shòu to receive; to suffer
- 受伤 shòushāng to get injured
- 承受 chéngshòu to bear; to endure
- 受不了 shòubùliǎo cannot stand
- 忍受 rěnshòu to bear; to put up with
- 受灾 shòuzāi to suffer from a disaster
- 享受 xiǎngshòu to enjoy
- 遭受 zāoshòu to suffer, to endure