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)

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]
yī tuán zāo
  1. 1 chaos
  2. 2 bungle
  3. 3 complete mess
  4. 4 shambles
nòng zāo
  1. 1 to spoil
  2. 2 to mess up
wū qī bā zāo
  1. 1 variant of 烏七八糟|乌七八糟[wū qī bā zāo]
wū zāo
  1. 1 filthy
  2. 2 unhygienic
  3. 3 squalid
  4. 4 gross
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
zāo le
  1. 1 gosh!
  2. 2 oh no!
  3. 3 darn!
zāo xīn
  1. 1 vexed
  2. 2 annoyed
  3. 3 upset
zāo pò
  1. 1 dross
  2. 2 dregs
  3. 3 rubbish
  4. 4 fig. useless residue
zāo kāng
  1. 1 chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor)
  2. 2 (fig.) rubbish
  3. 3 junk
  4. 4 (abbr. for 糟糠妻[zāo kāng qī]) wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband
zāo tà
  1. 1 variant of 糟蹋[zāo tà]
zāo jian
  1. 1 to waste
  2. 2 to spoil
  3. 3 to destroy
  4. 4 to insult grievously
zāo tòu
  1. 1 in a bad state
  2. 2 horrible
  3. 3 dreadful
  4. 4 entirely regrettable
  1. 1 to step on
jiǔ zāo
  1. 1 distiller's grain
  2. 2 wine lees
jiǔ zāo bí
  1. 1 rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose)
  2. 2 brandy nose

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.
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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