糟蹋
zāo tà
Pinyin

Definition

糟蹋
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zāo tà
  1. to waste
  2. to defile
  3. to abuse
  4. to insult
  5. to defile
  6. to trample on
  7. to wreck
  8. also pr. [zāo ta]

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
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
糟蹋
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

不过并不是所有人都能接受这种新音乐形式的，特别是年纪大的人，总觉得这种音乐不中不西，不伦不类，糟蹋了中国的传统文化。
bùguò bìng bù shì suǒyǒurén dōu néng jiēshòu zhèzhǒng xīn yīnyuèxíngshì de ，tèbié shì niánjì dà de rén ，zǒng juéde zhèzhǒng yīnyuè bù zhōng bù xī ，bùlúnbùlèi ，zāotà le Zhōngguó de chuántǒng wénhuà 。
But these new kinds of music definitely aren't for everybody. Especially older people-- they always think that this kind of music is neither Chinese nor Western, it's neither fish nor fowl. It's made a mockery of traditional Chinese culture.
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啊？了解、喜欢？明明是糟蹋。
á ？liǎojiě 、xǐhuan ？míngmíng shì zāota 。
What? 'Get to know and fall in love with'? It is clearly ruining them.
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