zá​guō

to break a pot

  • created sense approved 砸锅/砸鍋 · zá​guō · to break a pot — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    砸锅 / 砸鍋

    zá​guō

    to break a pot

    To break a cooking pot

    砸, 锅

    砸 (literal) → 砸 · zá · to smash 锅 (literal) → 锅/鍋 · guō · pot

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 砸锅/砸鍋 · zá​guō · to bungle — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    砸锅 / 砸鍋

    zá​guō

    to bungle

    (colloquial) To fail or mess something up or have a plan fall through

    砸, 锅

    砸 (literal) → 砸 · zá · to fail 锅 (literal) → 锅/鍋 · guō · pot

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

    created sense