Chinese Word: 砸 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

砸HSK 6

Pinyin: zá

English Definition: to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle

Chinese Definition:
①打，捣：砸碎。砸地基。砸明火(方言，抢劫)。砸饭碗(喻失业)。砸锅(喻办事失败)。
②打坏，打破：碗砸了。
③失败：戏演砸了。

Antonyms: 成

Total strokes: 10; Radical: 石

Pictophonetic:匝 indicates the sound; 石 (rock) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 石 [ shí ] stone, rock, mineral
- 匝 [ zā ] full circle; to encircle

Similar Characters: 碅

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砸烂HSK 6	zá làn	to smash
砸碎HSK 6	zá suì	to pulverize; to smash to bits
砸锅HSK 6	zá guō	to fail
砸锅卖铁	zá guō mài tiě	to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)
搬石头砸自己的脚HSK 6	bān shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo	to move a stone and stub one's toe; to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)

1		zhè cì 这次 bié 别 tā mā 他妈 de 的 zá guō 砸锅 le 了！ Try not to fuck up this time!
2		nǐ 你 wèi shén me 为什么 zǒng shì 总是 bǎ 把 guān jiàn 关键 shì qing 事情 gǎo 搞 zá 砸 ne 呢？ zhè 这 zhēn shi 真是 tài 太 bú xìng 不幸 le 了！ Why do you always mess up when it comes to important things? It's really unfortunate!
3		bīng báo 冰雹 zá 砸 luò zài 落在 xiǎo zhèn 小镇 shàng 上， yǐn qǐ 引起 le 了 rén men 人们 de 的 kǒng huāng 恐慌。 The hailstones falling on the town caused panic.