糟
zāoㄗㄠ
Sino-Vietnamese: TAO
Traditional: 糟
HSK 3.0 · 5TOCFL 4
Meaning(adjective, verb)
dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten; messy; ruined
Common: 糟了 (oh no!), 一团糟 (a total mess), 糟糕.
Examples
糟了,我忘带钥匙了!
zāo le, wǒ wàng dài yào shi le!
Oh no, I forgot my keys!
今天的天气真糟。
jīn tiān de tiān qì zhēn zāo.
The weather today is really awful.
事情被他弄得一团糟。
shì qíng bèi tā nòng dé yì tuán zāo.
He made a complete mess of things.
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Stroke order
TAO · 17 strokes
dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten; messy; ruined