zāo gāo

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糟糕 (zāo gāo) is a Chinese word meaning “too bad; how terrible; what bad luck”.

Meanings

  1. 1too bad
  2. 2how terrible
  3. 3what bad luck
  4. 4terrible
  5. 5bad
Part of speech
adjective

Characters in 糟糕

糟zāo · dregs糕gāo · cake

Related words

糟dregs蛋糕cake一团糟chaos乱七八糟(idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled糕cake糕variant of 糕[gao1]糟蹋to waste; to spoil糕点cakes乱糟糟chaotic雪糕ice cream bar; ice cream popsicle糕饼cakes年糕nian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour

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