作践 Traditional form: 作踐 Pinyin (reading): zuòjiàn Definitions: to ill-use to humiliate to degrade to ruin also pr. (zuójiàn) Characters: 作 - to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform 践 - to trample, to tread on, to walk over Traditional characters: 作 - to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform 踐 - to trample, to tread on, to walk over