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HSK
7-9

frustrate

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

cuo4 cuò

Meaning


Primary

frustrate

Alternatives

frustrating, frustrates, frustrated

Mnemonic


[cu-] Cupid is in the [4] bathroom of the [-o] office building where he works as a janitor. He is 挫 frustrated because a 从 conga line of 扌 fingers (each wearing a small suit and tie) keep on coming in and dumping 土 soil all over the tile floor. Each time he gets it clean, they 挫 frustrate him by dumping more 土 soil. He shoots love arrows at them to no avail.