zá​pái​zi

to ruin one's reputation

  • created sense approved 砸牌子 · zá​pái​zi · to ruin one's reputation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    砸牌子

    zá​pái​zi

    to ruin one's reputation

    (colloquial) to damage one's brand or professional reputation; literally to smash one's own shop sign

    砸, 牌子

    砸 (literal) → 砸 · zá · to smash 牌子 (literal) → 牌子 · pái​zi · brand

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense