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zāo
HSK 3.0 Level 5 Adjective Very common

Definitions

  1. 1. dregs
  2. 2. draff
  3. 3. pickled in wine
  4. 4. rotten
  5. 5. messy
  6. 6. ruined

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Usage notes

Collocations

糟 is often used with 搞 (gǎo) in the phrase 搞糟 (gǎo zāo) meaning 'to mess up'.

Formality

糟 is colloquial; in formal contexts prefer 糟糕 (zāogāo) or 坏 (huài) when meaning 'bad'.

Example Sentences

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情况越来越 了。
The situation is getting worse and worse.
對我來說, 情況一天比一天
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 765981)

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