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Meaning of 折

Pinyin zhé、 zhē、 shé

Radical

扌

Strokes

Definition

broken (as of rope, stick), tenth (in price) / to break / to fold / to turn

Usage

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折 [zhē] 1. Turn over; flip. 2. Turn around and around. - Example: 翻个跟斗 (do a somersault). 3. Pour back and forth between two containers. 折 [zhé] 1. Break; snap. - Example: 骨折 (bone fracture). 2. Die young; premature death. - Example: 夭折 (die young). 3. Bend; twine; curve. - Example: 曲折 (bending). 4. Turn back; change direction. - Example: 回转 (turn back). 5. Suffer loss. - Example: 损兵折将 (lose troops and generals). 6. Humiliate or insult. - Example: 挫折 (frustration). 7. Decrease; reduce. - Example: 减少 (decrease). 8. Exchange; offset. - Example: 抵作 (offset). 9. Yield to; submit. - Example: 心服 (be convinced). 10. Term in drama; a play is divided into four acts. 11. Judge; decision. - Example: 判决 (judgment). 折 [zhé] 1. Fold; bend. 2. Turn; twist. 折 [zhé] 1. Directory; booklet for accounts. - Example: 存折 (bankbook). 2. Discount; reduction. - Example: 打八折 (20% discount). 3. Stroke in calligraphy. - Example: 汉字笔画名 (turning stroke). 4. Act; a section in a play; can perform independently as a mini play. 5. A family name. 折 [shé] 1. Bend but still connected. - Example: 绳子折了 (the rope is bent). 2. Break into two parts (under stress). 3. Lose money in business. - Example: 折本 (suffer loss).

赔了夫人又折兵 péi le fū rén yòu zhé bīng

having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom) / to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy

折叠 zhé dié

to fold / collapsible / folding (bicycle, antenna, bed etc)

折叠式 zhé dié shì

folding (i.e. portable)

夭折 yāo zhé

to die young or prematurely / to come to a premature end / to be aborted prematurely

奏折 zòu zhé

memorial to the emperor (folded in accordion form)

折射 zhé shè

to refract / refraction / to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of)

曲折 qū zhé

winding / (fig.) complicated

折戟沉沙 zhé jǐ chén shā

with broken halberds buried in the sand / a disastrous defeat

折扇 zhé shàn

folding fan

折扣 zhé kòu

discount

不折不扣 bù zhé bù kòu

a hundred percent / to the letter / out-and-out

打折扣 dǎ zhé kòu

to give a discount / to be of less value than anticipated

折磨 zhé mó

to torment / to torture

折腾 zhē teng

to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly) / to repeat sth over and over again / to torment sb / to play crazy / to squander (time, money)

挫折 cuò zhé

setback / reverse / check / defeat / frustration / disappointment / to frustrate / to discourage / to set sb back / to blunt / to subdue

折合 zhé hé

to convert into / to amount to / to be equivalent to

转折 zhuǎn zhé

shift in the trend of events / turnaround / plot shift in a book / turn in the conversation

折子 zhé zi

folding notebook / accounts book

折断 zhé duàn

to snap sth off / to break

转折点 zhuǎn zhé diǎn

turning point / breaking point

骨折 gǔ zhé

to suffer a fracture / (of a bone) to break / fracture

折回 zhé huí

to turn back / to retrace one's steps

折射率 zhé shè lǜ

index of refraction

打折 dǎ zhé

to give a discount

百折不挠 bǎi zhé bù náo

to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom) / to be undaunted by repeated setbacks / to be indomitable

挫折感 cuò zhé gǎn

frustration

摧折 cuī shé

break / snap

攀折 pān zhé

to snap off (flowers, leaves, twigs etc from a tree or shrub)

折旧 zhé jiù

depreciation

隐晦曲折 yǐn huì qū zhé

veiled and roundabout expressions / devious and obscure / (write) in veiled terms / insidious and devious

艰难曲折 jiān nán qū zhé

arduous and tortuous / full of difficulties and reverses

折衷 zhé zhōng

variant of 折中[zhe2 zhong1]

折衷主义 zhé zhōng zhǔ yì

eclecticism

折辱 shé rǔ

humiliate

迂回曲折 yū huí qū zhé

meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere / going around in circles