| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 折 | 折 | zhé | zhe2 | to break; to fracture; to snap; to suffer loss; to bend; to twist; to turn; to change direction; convinced; to convert into (currency); discount; rebate; tenth (in price); classifier for theatrical scenes; to fold; accounts book; variant of 折 ; to fold | ||
| 2 | 曲折 | 曲折 | qū zhé | qu1 zhe2 | winding; (fig.) complicated | ||
| 3 | 折射 | 折射 | zhé shè | zhe2 she4 | to refract; refraction; to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of) | ||
| 4 | 折磨 | 折磨 | zhé mó | zhe2 mo2 | to torment; to torture | ||
| 5 | 挫折 | 挫折 | cuò zhé | cuo4 zhe2 | setback; reverse; check; defeat; frustration; disappointment; to frustrate; to discourage; to set sb back; to blunt; to subdue | ||
| 6 | 折旧 | 折舊 | zhé jiù | zhe2 jiu4 | depreciation | ||
| 7 | 折断 | 折斷 | zhé duàn | zhe2 duan4 | to snap sth off; to break | ||
| 8 | 转折 | 轉折 | zhuǎn zhé | zhuan3 zhe2 | shift in the trend of events; turnaround; plot shift in a book; turn in the conversation | ||
| 9 | 折抵 | 折抵 | zhé dǐ | zhe2 di3 | to offset | ||
| 10 | 攀折 | 攀折 | pān zhé | pan1 zhe2 | to snap off (flowers, leaves, twigs etc from a tree or shrub) | ||
| 11 | 栋折榱崩 | 棟折榱崩 | dòng zhé cuī bēng | dong4 zhe2 cui1 beng1 | The country is in a state of ruin. (idiom) | ||
| 12 | 奏折 | 奏摺 | zòu zhé | zou4 zhe2 | memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form) | ||
| 13 | 骨折 | 骨折 | gǔ zhé | gu3 zhe2 | to suffer a fracture; (of a bone) to break; fracture | ||
| 14 | 费周折 | 費周折 | fèi zhōu zhé | fei4 zhou1 zhe2 | to spend (much) effort; to go through (a lot of) trouble | ||
| 15 | 回折格子 | 回折格子 | huí zhé gé zi | hui2 zhe2 ge2 zi5 | diffraction grating (physics) | ||
| 16 | 蕙折兰摧 | 蕙折蘭摧 | huì zhé lán cuī | hui4 zhe2 lan2 cui1 | the good and pure are destroyed (idiom) | ||
| 17 | 艰难曲折 | 艱難曲折 | jiān nán qǔ zhé | jian1 nan2 qu3 zhe2 | Difficult and twisted | ||
| 18 | 反酷刑折磨公约 | 反酷刑折磨公約 | fǎn kù xíng zhé mó gōng yuē | fan3 ku4 xing2 zhe2 mo2 gong1 yue1 | UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988) | ||
| 19 | 打折扣 | 打折扣 | dǎ zhé kòu | da3 zhe2 kou4 | to give a discount; to be of less value than anticipated | ||
| 20 | 打折 | 打折 | dǎ zhé | da3 zhe2 | to give a discount | ||
| 21 | 挫折感 | 挫折感 | cuò zhé gǎn | cuo4 zhe2 gan3 | frustration | ||
| 22 | 摧坚折锐 | 摧堅折銳 | cuī jiān zhé ruì | cui1 jian1 zhe2 rui4 | to smash the enemy's stronghold and defeat his crack troops (idiom) | ||
| 23 | 不折不扣 | 不折不扣 | bù zhé bù kòu | bu4 zhe2 bu4 kou4 | a hundred percent; to the letter; out-and-out | ||
| 24 | 波折 | 波折 | bō zhé | bo1 zhe2 | twists and turns | ||
| 25 | 败军折将 | 敗軍折將 | bài jūn zhé jiàng | bai4 jun1 zhe2 jiang4 | The army is defeated and the generals are slain. (idiom) |
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