糟糕
zāo gāo
Pinyin

Definition

糟糕
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zāo gāo
  1. too bad
  2. how terrible
  3. what bad luck
  4. terrible
  5. bad

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

蛋糕
dàn gāo
  1. 1 cake
  2. 2 classifier: 块 kuài
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
乱七八糟
luàn qī bā zāo
  1. 1 everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess
  2. 2 at sixes and sevens
年糕
nián gāo
  1. 1 nian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour
糕点
gāo diǎn
  1. 1 cakes
  2. 2 pastries
糟
zāo
  1. 1 dregs
  2. 2 draff
  3. 3 pickled in wine
  4. 4 rotten
  5. 5 messy
  6. 6 ruined

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

听起来确实有点糟糕。遇到麻烦了，偶尔找知己好友在家里抱怨一下，这是舒缓情绪的好方法。可是如果不管对谁，不管在哪儿，都喜欢抱怨，那就太糟糕了。
tīng qǐlai quèshí yǒudiǎnr zāogāo 。yùdào máfan le ，ǒuěr zhǎo zhījǐ hǎoyǒu zài jiālǐ bàoyuàn yīxià ，zhè shì shūhuǎn qíngxù de hǎo fāngfǎ 。kěshì rúguǒ bùguǎn duì shéi ，bùguǎn zài nǎr ，dōu xǐhuan bàoyuàn ，nā jiù tài zāogāo le 。
It sounds really awful. When you come up against difficulties, you can complain to your friends at home every so often, that's a good way to alleviate your mood. However, those people who like to complain, no matter to whom, no matter where, are really awful.
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我们也很努力地安慰开导这位同事，可是一次两次可以，时间久了我们的心情也会变得很糟糕，我们也不是专门被倒苦水的桶子啊。
wǒmen yě hěn nǔlì de ānwèi kāidǎo zhè wèi tóngshì ，kěshì yīcì liǎng cì kěyǐ ，shíjiān jiǔ le wǒmen de xīnqíng yě huì biànde hěn zāogāo ，wǒmen yě bù shì zhuānmén bèi dào kǔshuǐ de tǒngzi ā 。
We tried to comfort him and talk him round, but one or two attempts is OK, after a longer period of time it would put us in a bad mood too, we're not purely vessels into which he can pour away his troubles.
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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?
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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!
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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?
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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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我同意你的观点，物质生活可以通过夫妻共同努力去改善，但是如果精神上、观念上的差距过大，一方完全不能认同另一方的生活模式，那就很糟糕了。
wǒ tóngyì nǐ de guāndiǎn ，wùzhì shēnghuó kěyǐ tōngguò fūqī gòngtóng nǔlì qù gǎishàn ，dànshì rúguǒ jīngshén shang 、guānniàn shàng de chājù guòdà ，yīfāng wánquán bùnéng rèntóng lìng yīfāng de shēnghuó móshì ，nā jiù hěn zāogāo le 。
I agree with your point of view, material circumstances can be improved through the hard work of the both the husband and wife, but if the psychological and conceptual difference is too big, one party will be completely unable to identify with the other's way of life and that's awful.
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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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真糟糕，还有，你手机怎么会被偷呢？
zhēn zāogāo ，háiyǒu ，nǐ shǒujī zénme huì bèi tōu ne ？
How awful, and also, how did your phone get stolen?
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糟糕！很晚了！恐怕我妈生气了。
zāogāo ！hěn wǎn le ！kǒngpà wǒ mā shēngqì le 。
Oops! It's so late! My mom is probably really angry with me.
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