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- setback
- reverse
- check
- defeat
- frustration
- disappointment
- to frustrate
- to discourage
- to set sb back
- to blunt
- to subdue
- devastating setback
- slump (in stock market etc)
- crushing defeat
- to cause a serious setback
- to plummet
Trad. 頓挫
- a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes
- a cadence
- punctuated by a transition
- with syncopated cadence (brush stroke in painting)
Trad. 抑揚頓挫
- see 頓挫抑揚|顿挫抑扬[dun4 cuo4 yi4 yang2]
