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糟 zāo

sediment, dregs; to waste, to spoil

Strokes
17
Level
HSK 5
Radical
米
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 米曹 ⿰米曹

Memory hint: grain

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  1. 今天的天气真糟糕。
    Jīntiān de tiānqì zhēn zāogāo.
    Today's weather is really terrible.
    today (particle) weather really terrible
  2. 情况有这么糟糕吗？
    Qíngkuàng yǒu zhème zāogāo ma?
    Is the situation really this bad?
    situation have so terrible (question)
  3. 别再糟蹋食物了，好好珍惜吧。
    Bié zài zāotà shíwù le, hǎohāo zhēnxī ba.
    Stop wasting food, cherish it well.
    don't again waste food (particle), well cherish (suggestion)
  4. 结果没有想象中那么糟糕。
    Jiéguǒ méiyǒu xiǎngxiàng zhōng nàme zāogāo.
    The result wasn't as terrible as imagined.
    result not-have imagine in so terrible
  5. 考试那天，他因为迟到搞得一团糟。
    Kǎoshì nà tiān, tā yīnwèi chídào gǎo de yìtuánzāo.
    On exam day, he made a total mess because he was late.
    exam that day, he because be-late make (particle) whole-mess

Words with 糟 (2)