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挫
cuò
1. obstructed
2. to fail
3. to oppress
4. to repress
5. to lower the tone
6. to bend back
7. to dampen
Common • Top 11% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

挫
cuò
to check, to obstruct, to push down
HSK 6 10 丶

Compound Words (12)

重挫
zhòngcuò
devastating setback
力挫
lìcuò
to win as a result of tenacious effort
受挫
shòucuò
thwarted
顿挫
dùncuò
a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes
折挫
zhécuò
to frustrate
挫折
cuòzhé
setback
HSK 6
下挫
xiàcuò
(of sales, prices etc) to fall
挫败
cuòbài
to thwart
挫疮
cuòchuāng
acne
挫折感
cuòzhégǎn
frustration
抑扬顿挫
yìyángdùncuò
see [[頓挫抑揚|顿挫抑扬<dùncuòyìyáng>]]
顿挫抑扬
dùncuòyìyáng
cadence

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,425
Word Frequency Rank
9,193 of 84,292

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