# 挫折 (cuòzhé)

In Mandarin Chinese, 挫折 (cuòzhé) means “setback; frustration”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: setback; frustration
- Pinyin: cuòzhé (cuo4 zhe2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 遇到挫折时不要灰心。
  Yùdào cuòzhé shí búyào huīxīn.
  Don't lose heart when you encounter setbacks.

## Characters

- 挫 (cuò): obstructed; to fail
- [折](https://hanziro.com/word/zhe-break/) (zhé): to break; to fold

https://hanziro.com/word/cuo-zhe-setback/

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