sǎo xìng

Traditional: 掃興

HSK 7–9

扫兴 (sǎo xìng) is a Chinese word meaning “to spoil things; to dampen spirits; to feel deflated; to be dispirited”.

Meanings

  1. 1to spoil things; to dampen spirits
  2. 2to feel deflated; to be dispirited

Characters in 扫兴

扫sǎo · to sweep (with a brush or broom)兴xīng · to rise

Related words

高兴happy兴趣interest (desire to know about sth)兴奋excited打扫to clean扫描to scan扫to sweep (with a brush or broom)扫(bound form) a (large) broom兴to rise兴feeling or desire to do sth兴surname Xing扫地to sweep the floor即兴improvisation (in the arts)

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