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糟蹋 meaning in English

zāotà

to waste; to spoil; to ruin; to wreck

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Meaning of 糟蹋

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zāotà
  1. to waste; to spoil
  2. to ruin; to wreck
  3. to insult; to humiliate
  4. to defile (a woman); to rape
  5. also pr. [zao1ta5]

糟蹋 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

没méi有yǒu什shén么me比bǐ早zǎo泄xiè更gèng糟zāo蹋tà生shēng活huó的de了le
There is no greater insult to life than premature ejaculation.
佳jiā人rén不bù可kě唐táng突tū，好hǎo酒jiǔ不bù可kě糟zāo蹋tà，这zhè两liǎng件jiàn事shì你nǐ以yǐ后hòu一yí定dìng要yào牢láo记jì在zài心xīn。
You should not be rude towards beauties and you should not waste good wine. You must keep these two things in mind in the future.

Stroke order for each character

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糟 zāo · dregs · 17 strokes

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蹋 tà · to step on · 17 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 糟蹋.

糟糕zāogāotoo bad; how terrible
乱七八糟luànqībāzāo(idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled
一团糟yītuánzāochaos; bungle
乱糟糟luànzāozāochaotic; topsy turvy
弄糟nòngzāoto spoil; to mess up

Questions about 糟蹋

What does 糟蹋 mean?

糟蹋 (zāotà) means "to waste; to spoil; to ruin; to wreck".

How do you write 糟蹋?

糟蹋 is made of 2 characters: 糟 (17 strokes), 蹋 (17 strokes). That is 34 strokes in total.