| 1 | 糟 | 糟 | zāo | zao1 | dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten; messy; ruined | | |
| 2 | 糟糕 | 糟糕 | zāo gāo | zao1 gao1 | too bad; how terrible; what bad luck; terrible; bad | | |
| 3 | 糟粕 | 糟粕 | zāo pò | zao1 po4 | dross; dregs; rubbish; fig. useless residue | | |
| 4 | 糟心 | 糟心 | zāo xīn | zao1 xin1 | vexed; annoyed; upset | | |
| 5 | 越来越糟 | 越來越糟 | yuè lái yuè zāo | yue4 lai2 yue4 zao1 | to get worse and worse (idiom) | | |
| 6 | 糟溜黄鱼 | 糟溜黃魚 | zāo liū huáng yú | zao1 liu1 huang2 yu2 | stir-fried yellow fish filet | | |
| 7 | 糟了 | 糟了 | zāo le | zao1 le5 | gosh!; oh no!; darn! | | |
| 8 | 糟糠之妻 | 糟糠之妻 | zāo kāng zhī qī | zao1 kang1 zhi1 qi1 | a wife who has shared her husband's hard lot (idiom) | | |
| 9 | 糟糠妻 | 糟糠妻 | zāo kāng qī | zao1 kang1 qi1 | wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband | | |
| 10 | 糟糠 | 糟糠 | zāo kāng | zao1 kang1 | chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor); (fig.) rubbish; junk; (abbr. for 糟糠妻 ) wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband | | |
| 11 | 糟践 | 糟踐 | zāo jian | zao1 jian5 | to waste; to spoil; to destroy; to insult grievously | | |
| 12 | 糟糕透顶 | 糟糕透頂 | zāo gāo tòu dǐng | zao1 gao1 tou4 ding3 | What a complete mess! (idiom) | | |
| 13 | 糟不可言 | 糟不可言 | zāo bù kě yán | zao1 bu4 ke3 yan2 | in an indescribable mess (idiom) | | |
| 14 | 酒糟 | 酒糟 | jiǔ zāo | jiu3 zao1 | distiller's grain; wine lees | | |
| 15 | 一团糟 | 一團糟 | yī tuán zāo | yi1 tuan2 zao1 | chaos; bungle; complete mess; shambles | | |
| 16 | 一团乱糟 | 一團亂糟 | yī tuán luàn zāo | yi1 tuan2 luan4 zao1 | a chaotic mess | | |
| 17 | 污糟 | 污糟 | wū zāo | wu1 zao1 | filthy; unhygienic; squalid; gross | | |
| 18 | 污七八糟 | 污七八糟 | wū qī bā zāo | wu1 qi1 ba1 zao1 | everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess; obscene; dirty; filthy; variant of 乌七八糟 | | |
| 19 | 去其糟粕 | 去其糟粕 | qù qí zāo pò | qu4 qi2 zao1 po4 | to remove the dross; to discard the dregs | | |
| 20 | 取其精华,去其糟粕 | 取其精華,去其糟粕 | qǔ qí jīng huá , qù qí zāo pò | qu3 qi2 jing1 hua2 , qu4 qi2 zao1 po4 | take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan); keep what is good, discard the rest; You need to be selective when studying.; In modernizing the country, don't accept uncritically all foreign ideas. | | |
| 21 | 弄糟 | 弄糟 | nòng zāo | nong4 zao1 | to spoil; to mess up | | |
| 22 | 馕糟 | 饢糟 | nǎng zāo | nang3 zao1 | to stuff oneself with forage; forage eating livestock | | |
| 23 | 乱糟糟 | 亂糟糟 | luàn zāo zāo | luan4 zao1 zao1 | chaotic; topsy turvy; a complete mess | | |
| 24 | 乱七八糟 | 亂七八糟 | luàn qī bā zāo | luan4 qi1 ba1 zao1 | everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess; at sixes and sevens | | |
| 25 | 醪糟 | 醪糟 | láo zāo | lao2 zao1 | sweet fermented rice; glutinous rice wine | | |