Chinese symbol for “thwarted”

受挫

shòu cuò

thwarted; obstructed; setback

The closest CC-CEDICT match for thwarted is 受挫 (shòu cuò), defined as: thwarted; obstructed; setback.

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Characters and stroke order

受 shòu

to receive, to get, to accept; to bear

radical 29 ⼜ · 8 strokes

挫 cuò

to check, to obstruct, to push down

radical 64 ⼿ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 受挫.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
接受	jiē shòu	to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
受到	shòu dào	to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
感受	gǎn shòu	to sense; perception
享受	xiǎng shòu	to enjoy; to live it up
受伤 (受傷)	shòu shāng	to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc)
受害者	shòu hài zhě	casualty; victim
挫折	cuò zhé	setback; reverse
挫败 (挫敗)	cuò bài	to thwart; to foil (sb's plans); a setback; a failure; a defeat

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.