挫败 cuòbài thwart Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 挫败 (挫敗) cuòbài thwart verb to thwart or foil a plan, attempt, or plot 警方成功挫败了这次恐怖袭击企图。 jǐngfāng Chénggōng cuòbài le zhè cì kǒngbù xíjī qǐtú. The police successfully foiled this terrorist attack attempt. setback verb a failure, defeat, or unexpected setback 他在事业上遭受了沉重的挫败。 tā zài shìyè shàng zāoshòu le chénzhòng de cuòbài. He suffered a heavy blow to his career. Frequency Movie subtitles 2.71 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 3.21 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
挫败 (挫敗) cuòbài thwart verb to thwart or foil a plan, attempt, or plot 警方成功挫败了这次恐怖袭击企图。 jǐngfāng Chénggōng cuòbài le zhè cì kǒngbù xíjī qǐtú. The police successfully foiled this terrorist attack attempt. setback verb a failure, defeat, or unexpected setback 他在事业上遭受了沉重的挫败。 tā zài shìyè shàng zāoshòu le chénzhòng de cuòbài. He suffered a heavy blow to his career. Frequency Movie subtitles 2.71 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 3.21 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)