waste; ruin; ravage
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Meanings
2 senses · 6 examplesverb
to waste; to ruin; to spoil; to damage
Used for physical objects, resources, food, or abstract things like opportunities. Often implies careless destruction of something valuable.
Wǒ我
men们
yào要
jié节
yuē约
liáng粮
shi食
，
bù不
néng能
zāo糟
tà蹋
shí食
wù物
。
We must save food and cannot waste it.
Zhè这
chǎng场
bīng冰
báo雹
zāo糟
tà蹋
le了
nóng农
mín民
yī一
nián年
de的
xīn心
xuè血
。
This hailstorm ruined a year's hard work of the farmers.
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Zhè这
me么
hǎo好
de的
jī机
huì会
，
nǐ你
bié别
zāo糟
tà蹋
le了
。
Don't waste such a good opportunity.
verb
to ravage; to trample; to violate; to rape
formalFormal and serious register, often used in historical or legal contexts referring to sexual violence, or metaphorically for severe oppression of people or cultures.
Zhàn战
zhēng争
qī期
jiān间
，
qīn侵
lüè略
zhě者
zāo糟
tà蹋
le了
wú无
shù数
fù妇
nǚ女
。
During the war, invaders violated countless women.
Jué决
bù不
néng能
róng容
rěn忍
rèn任
hé何
rén人
zāo糟
tà蹋
wǒ我
men们
de的
wén文
huà化
yí遗
chǎn产
。
We must never tolerate anyone trampling our cultural heritage.
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Nà那
ge个
chù畜
sheng生
zāo糟
tà蹋
le了
nà那
ge个
nǚ女
hái孩
。
That beast violated that girl.