cuò

obstructed

to fail; to oppress; to repress; to lower the tone; to bend back; to dampen

hand (扌) + [sound] (坐) = push down and obstruct

The hand radical carries the core meaning: a hand that pushes down, bends back, or blocks. 坐 mainly provides the sound cuò and does not contribute semantically.

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他受到一点折,但很快就恢复了。

tā shòu dào yī diǎn cuò zhé, dàn hěn kuài jiù huī fù le。

he suffered a small setback, but recovered quickly.

连续失败让他的信心受,开始怀疑自己。

lián xù shī bài ràng tā de xìn xīn shòu cuò, kāi shǐ huái yí zì jǐ。

repeated failures dampened his confidence, and he began to doubt himself.

Words with 挫

重挫

zhòng cuò

devastating setback

顿挫

dùn cuò

a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes

顿挫抑扬

dùn cuò yì yáng

cadence

下挫

xià cuò

(of sales, prices etc) to fall

力挫

lì cuò

to win as a result of tenacious effort

受挫

shòu cuò

thwarted

抑扬顿挫

yì yáng dùn cuò

see 頓挫抑揚|顿挫抑扬[dun4 cuo4 yi4 yang2]

折挫

zhé cuò

to frustrate

挫折感

cuò zhé gǎn

frustration

挫折

cuò zhé

setback

挫败

cuò bài

to thwart; to foil (sb's plans)

挫疮

cuò chuāng

acne

More characters with 扌