挫折
co3 zit3cuò zhé
English
- setback
- reverse
- check
- defeat
- frustration
- disappointment
- to frustrate
- to discourage
- to set sb back
- to blunt
- to subdue
- setback
粵語 — Cantonese
- 因為遇到失敗或唔順利嘅事,令自己心灰意冷
Examples
一个人得遇到多大的挫折才会自杀?
How frustrated must a person be to commit suicide?
Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY
他克服了種種困難和挫折,終於成功一個人越過了南極洲。
He overcame all sorts of hardship and setbacks to succeed in a solo crossing of Antarctica.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
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.
There's an upside to everything so it's unnecessary to focus on the good; on the contrary, we should instead be pushing for reversals because it's only through setbacks that we improve and see decisive opportunities clearly.
Tatoeba · pocket_lab CC BY
受挫折
to suffer a setback
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk