折 zhé
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 斤 axe
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
折磨
zhémó
to torment; to torture; to make suffer
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Example phrases
- 长期失眠折磨着他，使他白天无法集中精力工作。 Chángqī shīmián zhémó zhe tā, shǐ tā báitiān wúfǎ jízhōng jīnglì gōngzuò. Long-term insomnia torments him, making it impossible for him to concentrate at work during the day.
- 感冒折磨了她整整一个星期，哪儿都不舒服。 Gǎnmào zhémó le tā zhěngzhěng yī gè xīngqī, nǎr dōu bù shūfu. A cold tormented her for a whole week; she felt unwell everywhere.
- 医生说胃病折磨了他好几年，现在终于好多了。 Yīshēng shuō wèibìng zhémó le tā hǎo jǐ nián, xiànzài zhōngyú hǎo duō le. The doctor said that a stomach illness had tormented him for years, but now he is finally much better.
Related words
- 打折 dǎzhé to discount; to go on sale
- 折 zhé to fold
- 挫折 cuòzhé to frustrate
- 波折 bōzhé setback; twists and turns
- 不折不扣 bùzhébúkòu out-and-out; thoroughgoing; without discount
- 存折 cúnzhé bankbook; passbook
- 骨折 gǔzhé to fracture; bone fracture
- 曲折 qūzhé winding; complicated; tortuous
- 折 shé to break; to lose money
- 周折 zhōuzhé trouble; twists and turns
- 转折 zhuǎnzhé turning; twist; change in direction
- 转折点 zhuǎnzhédiǎn turning point; inflection point