zuò jiàn

Traditional: 作踐

作践 (zuò jiàn) is a Chinese word meaning “to ill-use; to humiliate; to degrade”.

Meanings

  1. 1to ill-use
  2. 2to humiliate
  3. 3to degrade
  4. 4to ruin
  5. 5also pr. [zuo2 jian4]

Characters in 作践

作zuō · (bound form) worker践jiàn · to fulfill (a promise)

Related words

工作to work作为one's conduct作(bound form) worker作to do; to engage in合作to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together动作movement; motion; action作用to act on; to affect作品work (of art)制作to make; to manufacture当作to treat as作证to bear witness; to testify作家author

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