zāo
Pinyin

Definition

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zāo
  1. dregs
  2. draff
  3. pickled in wine
  4. rotten
  5. messy
  6. ruined

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

luàn qī bā zāo
  1. 1 everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess
  2. 2 at sixes and sevens
zāo gāo
  1. 1 too bad
  2. 2 how terrible
  3. 3 what bad luck
  4. 4 terrible
  5. 5 bad
luàn zāo zāo
  1. 1 chaotic
  2. 2 topsy turvy
  3. 3 a complete mess
zāo
  1. 1 dregs
  2. 2 draff
  3. 3 pickled in wine
  4. 4 rotten
  5. 5 messy
  6. 6 ruined
zāo tà
  1. 1 to waste
  2. 2 to defile
  3. 3 to abuse
  4. 4 to insult
  5. 5 to defile
  6. 6 to trample on
  7. 7 to wreck
  8. 8 also pr. [zāo ta]

Idioms (2)

乱七八糟
luàn qī bā zāo
  1. 1 everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess
  2. 2 at sixes and sevens
乌七八糟
wū qī bā zāo
  1. 1 everything in disorder (idiom)
  2. 2 in a hideous mess
  3. 3 obscene
  4. 4 dirty
  5. 5 filthy

Sample Sentences

你,你个乌鸦嘴,不调侃我会死吗?我这么糟糕,你干嘛选择和我在一起啊?
nǐ ,nǐ gè wūyāzuǐ ,bù tiáokǎn wǒ huì sǐ ma ?wǒ zhème zāogāo ,nǐ gànmá xuǎnzé hé wǒ zàiyīqǐ ā ?
You... you're always so negative as an adviser. Would it kill you not to mock me for once? Given I'm so bad, why'd you choose to be with me?
啊哈哈哈哈,也没有那么糟糕啦,人家是平胸骨感时尚范儿,你那是波涛汹涌肉欲范儿,各有千秋,都挺好都挺好!
ā hāhāhāhā ,yěméiyǒu nàme zāogāo la ,rénjiā shì píngxiōng gǔgǎn shíshàng fànr ,nǐ nà shì bōtāo xiōngyǒng ròuyù fànr ,gèyǒuqiānqiū ,dōu tǐng hǎo dōu tǐng hǎo !
Ha ha ha, it's not that bad. Those other people are all flat-chested and bony fashionistas. Whereas you're a chick with raging sex appeal. Each of you have your advantages, you're both good!
哦,真是糟糕,那谁有权决定要不要把孩子生下来呢?
ò ,zhēn shì zāogāo ,nà shéi yǒuquán juédìng yào bù yào bǎ háizi shēngxiàlai ne ?
Oh, how awful. So who had the power to decide whether to give birth to the child?
你实在太糟糕了。那今年的新年新希望你要写什么?
nǐ really tài zāogāo le 。nà jīnnián de xīnnián xīn xīwàng nǐ yào xiě shénme ?
You're quite the disaster. So what are you going to write for this year's New Year's resolutions?
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不管是生理还是心理作用,你都要适当地调整状态呀,不然这样下去,只会越来越糟。
bùguǎn shì shēnglǐ háishi xīnlǐzuòyòng ,nǐ dōu yào shìdàng de tiáozhěng zhuàngtài ya ,bùrán zhèyàng xiàqù ,zhǐ huì yuèláiyuè zāo 。
Whether it is physiological or psychological, you have to appropriately adjust your state of mind. Otherwise, it will only get worse and worse.
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你的头发乱七八糟。
nǐ de tóufa luànqībāzāo 。
Your hair is in a hideous mess.
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你的房间乱七八糟。
nǐ de fángjiān luànqībāzāo 。
Your room is in a hideous mess.
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乱七八糟
luànqībāzāo
In a hideous mess.
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糟了,我九点半得到小王家。
zāo le ,wǒ jiǔdiǎn bàn děi dào Xiǎo Wáng jiā 。
Darn it, I was supposed get to Xiao Wang's house at 9:30.
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糟糕,赶不上末班车了,这下子该怎么办?
zāogāo ,gǎnbushàng mòbānchē le ,zhèxiàzi gāi zěnme bàn ?
Darn it, we missed the last train. What should we do now?
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