damage; ravage (of animals destroying crops)
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to damage; to ravage; to spoil (chiefly referring to birds and beasts destroying crops)
dialectThis is a dialectal term used mainly in northern China to describe the destruction of grain or vegetables by wild animals or livestock.
Yě野
zhū猪
jīng经
cháng常
lái来
zāo糟
hài害
zhuāng庄
jia稼
。
Wild boars often come and ravage the crops.
Zhè这
xiē些
niǎo鸟
zāo糟
hài害
le了
bù不
shǎo少
liáng粮
shi食
。
These birds have damaged quite a bit of grain.
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Tián田
lǐ里
de的
yù玉
mǐ米
bèi被
huān獾
zi子
zāo糟
hài害
le了
yī一
dà大
piàn片
。
A large patch of corn in the field was ravaged by badgers.