挫 cuò

1. cuò verb to push down; to inhibit
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 压抑 or 抑制 (Guoyu '挫' v 1; Unihan '挫'; XHZD '挫' 2, p. 116)
2. cuò verb to chop down; to grind; to crush
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '挫' 1, p. 71; Unihan '挫')
3. cuò verb to destroy; to defeat
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 摧折 or 战败 (Guoyu '挫' v 1; Kroll 2015 '挫' 1a, p. 71)
4. cuò verb to setback; to check
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '挫' 2, p. 71; XHZD '挫' 1, p. 116)
5. cuò verb to frustrate; to weaken
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '挫' 2a, p. 71)
6. cuò verb to humiliate; to abse; to be humiliated
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 屈辱 (Guoyu '挫' v 3; Kroll 2015 '挫' 3, p. 71)

Contained in

• 折挫 to suffer setbacks ; to frustrate; to inhibit; to make difficult
• 下挫 (of sales, prices etc) to fall; to drop; decline; slump
• 力挫 to win as a result of tenacious effort; to fight off tough competition
• 挫折 setback; reverse
• 挫折感 frustration
• 重挫 devastating setback; slump (in stock market etc); crushing defeat; to cause a serious setback; to plummet
• 抑扬顿挫(抑揚頓挫) cadence; modulation
• 顿挫抑扬(頓挫抑揚) cadence; modulation
• 受挫 thwarted; obstructed; setback
• 挫疮(挫瘡) acne; pustule
• 挫败(挫敗) to thwart; to foil; to defeat

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顿挫

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• Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 7
• 卷二百三十九 列傳第一百二十七 張臣 董一元 杜桐 蕭如薰 達雲 官秉忠 柴國柱 李懷信 Volume 239 Biographies 127: Zhang Chen, Dong Yiyuan, Du Tong, Xiao Ruxun, Da Yun, Guan Bingzhong, Chai Guozhu, Li Huaixin History of Ming 明史 — count: 5
• 卷二百九十二 列傳第五十一 李諮 程戡 夏侯嶠 盛度 丁度 張觀 鄭戩 明鎬 王堯臣 孫抃 田況 Volume 292 Biographies 51: Li Zi, Cheng Kan, Xia Houjiao, Cheng Du, Ding Du, Zhang Guan, Zheng Jian, Ming Gao, Wang Yaochen, Sun Bian, Tian Kuang History of Song 宋史 — count: 4
• 卷十二　齊五 Chapter 12: Qi V Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 4
• 卷二百五十四 列傳第十三 侯益 張從恩 扈彥珂 薛懷讓 趙贊 李繼勳 藥元福 趙晁 Volume 254 Biographies 13: Hou Yi, Zhang Cong'en, Hu Yanke, Xue Huairang, Zhao Zan, Li Jixun, Yao Yuanfu, Zhao Chao History of Song 宋史 — count: 4
• 卷一百〇四 載記第四 石勒上 Volume 104 Records 4: Shi Le Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 4
• 卷九十五 列傳第五十五 索虜 Volume 95 Biographies 55: Suo Lu Book of Song 宋書 — count: 4
• 卷一百七十七 列傳第一百二十七: 崔慎由 崔珙 盧鈞 裴休 楊收 韋保衡 路巖 夏侯孜 劉瞻 劉瑑 曹確 畢諴 杜審權 劉鄴 豆盧瑑 Volume 177 Biographies 127: Cui Shenyou, Cui Gong, Lu Jun, Pei Xiu, Yang Shou, Wei Baoheng, Lu Yan, Xiao Houzi, Liu Zhan, Liu Zhuan, Cao Que, Bi Xian, Du Shenquan, Liu Ye, Dou Luzhan Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 3
• 卷五十四 列傳第二十四 陸機 陸雲 Volume 54 Biographies 24: Lu Ji Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 3
• 卷73 奚康生 楊大眼 崔延伯 Volume 73: Xi Kangsheng, Yang Dayan, Cui Yanbo Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 3

Collocations

• 兵挫 (兵挫) 是以小者兵挫而地削 — Guanzi 管子, 五輔第十 Chapter 10: Wu Fu — count: 12
• 挫锐 (挫銳) 久則鈍兵挫銳 — Art of War 孫子兵法, 孫子兵法 The Art of War by Sunzi — count: 8
• 挫衄 (挫衄) 挫衄而反 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷一 帝紀第一 高祖宣帝 Volume 1 Annals 1: Emperor Xuan — count: 6
• 挫辱 (挫辱) 挫辱大臣而狎其身 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 亡徵第十五 Chapter 15: The Journey to Destruction — count: 5
• 挫伤 (挫傷) 倒生挫傷 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一　原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — count: 5
• 摧挫 (摧挫) 願盡力摧挫其暴虐 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷七十六 趙尹韓張兩王傳 Volume 76: Zhao, Yin, Han, Zhang and two Wangs — count: 4
• 挫地 (挫地) 兵挫地削 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十五　兵略訓 Chapter 15: Military Planning — count: 3
• 诋挫 (詆挫) 以言事不當意而為文吏所詆挫 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷七十七 蓋諸葛劉鄭孫毌將何傳 Volume 77: Gai, Zhuge, Liu, Zheng, Sun, Wujiang and He — count: 3
• 挫锋 (挫鋒) 喪氣挫鋒 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四十八 吳書三 三嗣主傳 Volume 48: Book of Wu 3 - Biographies of the three heirs — count: 3
• 数挫 (數挫) 數挫其鋒 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷二十 銚期王霸祭遵列傳 Volume 20: Biographies of Tiao Qi; Wang Ba; Zhai Zun — count: 3