挫败

cuòbài

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

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 7 trad. 挫敗

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计划遭到了挫败。

The plan suffered a setback.

失败没有挫败他的信心。

Failure didn't shake his confidence.