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"devastating setback" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
重挫 zhòng cuò devastating setback / slump (in stock market etc) / crushing defeat / to cause a serious setback / to plummet
Chinese Pinyin Translation
厉害 厲害 lì hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible / intense / severe / devastating / amazing / awesome / outstanding / (of a person) stern / strict / harsh / shrewd / tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent syn
挫折 cuò zhé setback / reverse / check / defeat / frustration / disappointment / to frustrate / to discourage / to set sb back / to blunt / to subdue syn
挫败 挫敗 cuò bài to thwart / to foil (sb's plans) / a setback / a failure / a defeat syn
岔子 chà zi branch road / setback / accident / hiccup syn
毁灭性 毀滅性 huǐ miè xìng destructive / devastating
退步 tuì bù to do less well than before / to make a concession / setback / backward step / leeway / room to maneuver / fallback syn
一蹶不振 yī jué bù zhèn one stumble, unable to rise (idiom) / a setback leading to total collapse / ruined at a stroke / unable to recover after a minor hitch syn
受挫 shòu cuò thwarted / obstructed / setback syn
重整旗鼓 chóng zhěng qí gǔ lit. to reorganize flags and drums (idiom) / to regroup after a setback / to prepare for new initiatives / to attempt a comeback
一落千丈 yī luò qiān zhàng lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom) / fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline / to take a dive syn
翻船 fān chuán to capsize / (fig.) to suffer a setback or defeat
落马 落馬 luò mǎ (lit.) to fall from a horse / (fig.) to suffer a setback / to come a cropper / to be sacked (e.g. for corruption)
祸乱 禍亂 huò luàn calamity and chaos / devastating disorder / great turmoil syn
摔跟头 摔跟頭 shuāi gēn tou to fall / fig. to suffer a setback syn
诛心之论 誅心之論 zhū xīn zhī lùn a devastating criticism / to expose hidden motives
破罐破摔 pò guàn pò shuāi lit. to smash a pot just because it has a crack (idiom) / fig. to give up altogether after a setback / to throw one's hands up in frustration and let it all go to hell syn
安史之乱 安史之亂 ān shǐ zhī luàn An-Shi Rebellion (755-763) of 安祿山|安禄山[An1 Lu4 shan1] and 史思明[Shi3 Si1 ming2], a catastrophic setback for Tang dynasty
中箭落马 中箭落馬 zhòng jiàn luò mǎ lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse / to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
以失败而告终 以失敗而告終 yǐ shī bài ér gào zhōng to succeed through failure / to achieve one's final aim despite apparent setback
吸取教训 吸取教訓 xī qǔ jiào xun to draw a lesson (from a setback)
失风 失風 shī fēng trouble / damage / setback / sth goes wrong
鼻青眼肿 鼻青眼腫 bí qīng yǎn zhǒng a black eye (idiom) / serious injury to the face / fig. a setback / a defeat
大意失荆州 大意失荊州 dà yi shī jīng zhōu lit. to lose Jingzhou due to carelessness (idiom) / fig. to suffer a major setback due to negligence syn
跟斗 gēn dou somersault / fall / tumble / (fig.) setback / failure syn
破罐破摔 pò guàn - pò shuāi lit. to smash a pot just because it has a crack (idiom) / fig. to give up altogether after a setback / to throw one's hands up in frustration and let it all go to hell syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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