挫折 | cuò zhé | setback / reverse / check / defeat / frustration / disappointment / to frustrate / to discourage / to set sb back / to blunt / to subdue | |
失落 | shī luò | to lose (sth) / to drop (sth) / to feel a sense of loss / frustrated / disappointment / loss | |
咳 | hāi | sound of sighing / (interjection expressing surprise, sorrow, regret, disappointment etc) oh / damn / wow | |
坎坷不平 | kǎn kě bù píng | potholed and bumpy road (idiom) / fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes |