Pinyin

Definition

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  1. to step on

Character Decomposition

Related Words (2)

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]
  1. 1 to step on

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.
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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