糟糠
zāo kāng
Pinyin

Definition

糟糠
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zāo kāng
  1. chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor)
  2. (fig.) rubbish
  3. junk
  4. (abbr. for 糟糠妻[zāo kāng qī]) wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

乱七八糟
luàn qī bā zāo
  1. 1 everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess
  2. 2 at sixes and sevens
糟糕
zāo gāo
  1. 1 too bad
  2. 2 how terrible
  3. 3 what bad luck
  4. 4 terrible
  5. 5 bad
一团糟
yī tuán zāo
  1. 1 chaos
  2. 2 bungle
  3. 3 complete mess
  4. 4 shambles
乱糟糟
luàn zāo zāo
  1. 1 chaotic
  2. 2 topsy turvy
  3. 3 a complete mess
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