Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 挫


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Meaning

obstructed, to fail, oppress / repress, defeat, frustration

Pronunciation

cuò

Explanation

Left: hand , right: to sit (Two persons sit on the earth ) [cf. seat ]

Mnemonic

The hand on which he sat, became obstructed and this made him fail.

Radicals

hand
to sit(to take (a seat/a bus))
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Vocabulary

挫折 cuò zhé setback; reverse; check; defeat; frustration; disappointment; to frustrate; to discourage; to set sb back; to blunt; to subdue
挫败 cuò bài to thwart; to foil (sb's plans); to defeat
顿挫 dùn cuò a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes; a cadence; punctuated by a transition; with syncopated cadence (brush stroke in painting)

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