"body blow" in Chinese (Simplified)
重击严重打击（比喻）
Definition
指对身体的猛烈攻击，尤指拳击中。同时也指比喻意义上的严重打击或挫折，很难恢复过来。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
体育中原意为躯干击打，实际常用在新闻、商务或感情类语境里表示重大打击，表达庄重，并不常用于口语日常对话。常见搭配：'一次严重的body blow'。
Examples
The boxer took a body blow in the third round.
拳击手在第三回合遭受了**重击**。
Losing his job was a body blow to his confidence.
失业对他来说是一次**严重打击**。
The new tax was a body blow to small businesses.
新税收政策对小企业是一次**严重打击**。
That news came as a real body blow to our team.
这个消息对我们团队来说真是**沉重打击**。
The sudden price increase delivered a body blow to the market.
价格突然上涨对市场造成了**重大打击**。
When he heard the company was closing, it was a body blow he didn’t see coming.
听到公司要关门时，他完全没想到会遭到这么严重的**打击**。