砸
Definitions
- 1. to smash
- 2. to pound
- 3. to fail
- 4. to muck up
- 5. to bungle
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砸 is often used with 碎 (砸碎) to mean smash to pieces, or with objects like 门, 玻璃, 石头.
Common mistakes
Don't confuse 砸 (zá, to smash) with 杂 (zá, mixed). They are homophones but have completely different meanings.
Example Sentences
2 shown他抡起大锤 砸 向石头。
他不小心把杯子 砸 碎了。
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Words Containing 砸
to stone to death
(slang) little biyatch (variation of 小婊子)
to smash up; to vandalize
to mess (sth) up
to move a stone and stub one's toe
to hurt oneself by one's own doing
to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom)
to smash; to shatter
to pound the earth to make a building foundation
to crush to death
to destroy; to smash
to smash
to break
to pulverize
to jolt sb awake
to spend big (on sth)
to fail
to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)
to flunk