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重挫

Mandarin · pinyin zhòng cuò

devastating setback
slump (in stock market etc)
crushing defeat
to cause a serious setback
to plummet

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重: zhòng · heavy, weighty; double
挫: cuò · push down; chop down; grind

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4–4 · zhong4 cuo4

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cung5 co3

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verb

to be a heavy setback (for one); to deal a heavy blow to
(of share prices, stock indexes, etc.) to plummet; to plunge

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