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Usage of the character 糟

zāo
[糟]
  • dregs
  • draff
  • pickled in wine
  • rotten
  • messy
  • ruined
zāokāng
糟糠
[糟糠]
  • chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor)
  • (fig.) rubbish
  • junk
  • (abbr. for 糟糠妻 (zāokāngqī)) wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband
zāotòu
糟透
[糟透]
  • in a bad state
  • horrible
  • dreadful
  • entirely regrettable
jiǔzāo
酒糟
[酒糟]
  • distiller's grain
  • wine lees
zāotà
糟蹋
[糟蹋]
  • to waste
  • to defile
  • to abuse
  • to insult
  • to defile
  • to trample on
  • to wreck
  • also pr. (zāota)
zāole
糟了
[糟了]
  • gosh!
  • oh no!
  • darn!
láozāo
醪糟
[醪糟]
  • sweet fermented rice
  • glutinous rice wine
zāojian
糟践
[糟踐]
  • to waste
  • to spoil
  • to destroy
  • to insult grievously
zāoxīn
糟心
[糟心]
  • vexed
  • annoyed
  • upset
wūzāo
污糟
[污糟]
  • filthy
  • unhygienic
  • squalid
  • gross
nòngzāo
弄糟
[弄糟]
  • to spoil
  • to mess up
zāopò
糟粕
[糟粕]
  • dross
  • dregs
  • rubbish
  • fig. useless residue
zāogāo
糟糕
[糟糕]
  • too bad
  • how terrible
  • what bad luck
  • terrible
  • bad
zāotà
糟踏
[糟踏]
  • variant of 糟蹋 (zāotà)
jiǔzāobí
酒糟鼻
[酒糟鼻]
  • rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose); brandy nose
zāokāngqī
糟糠妻
[糟糠妻]
  • wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband
yītuánzāo
一团糟
[一團糟]
  • chaos
  • bungle
  • complete mess
  • shambles
luànzāozāo
乱糟糟
[亂糟糟]
  • chaotic
  • topsy turvy
  • a complete mess
zāoliūhuángyú
糟溜黄鱼
[糟溜黃魚]
  • stir-fried yellow fish filet
qùqízāopò
去其糟粕
[去其糟粕]
  • to remove the dross
  • to discard the dregs
luànqībāzāo
乱七八糟
[亂七八糟]
  • (idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled
wūqībāzāo
污七八糟
[污七八糟]
  • variant of 烏七八糟/乌七八糟 (wūqībāzāo)
yītuánluànzāo
一团乱糟
[一團亂糟]
  • a chaotic mess
wūqībāzāo
乌七八糟
[烏七八糟]
  • everything in disorder (idiom)
  • in a hideous mess
  • obscene
  • dirty
  • filthy
zāoliūhuángyúpiàn
糟溜黄鱼片
[糟溜黃魚片]
  • stir-fried yellow fish filet
qǔqíjīnghuá,qùqízāopò
取其精华,去其糟粕
[取其精華,去其糟粕]
  • take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan)
  • keep what is good, discard the rest
  • You need to be selective when studying.
  • In modernizing the country, don't accept uncritically all foreign ideas.