- setback
- reverse
- check
- defeat
- frustration
- disappointment
- to frustrate
- to discourage
- to set sb back
- to blunt
- to subdue
Characters
- 挫 (挫): obstructed; to fail; to oppress; to repress; to lower the tone; to bend back; to dampen
- 折 (折): to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
Resources
- Wiktionary: 挫折
- MDBG: 挫折
- Examples with 挫折 on Tatoeba
Examples
我们会遭遇挫折和不成功的起步。我作为总统所做的每项决定或政策,会有许多人持有异议,我们也知道,政府不能解决所有问题。
他克服了種種困難和挫折,終於成功一個人越過了南極洲。
人生並不總是那麼美好, 每個人都有過挫折。
每件事情都有好的一面, 所以不用計算好處, 相反的要追求挫折, 才得到轉機, 洞燭先機.
一个人得遇到多大的挫折才会自杀?