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挫敗

简挫败 · 繁挫敗

Mandarin · pinyin cuò bài

to thwart; to foil (sb's plans)
a setback; a failure; a defeat

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挫: cuò · push down; chop down; grind
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败: bài · be defeated, decline, fail

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4–4 · cuo4 bai4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

co3 baai6

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verb

(intransitive) to be defeated; to be thwarted; to be foiled
(transitive) to defeat; to thwart; to foil

noun

defeat

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