糟糕
zāo​gāo HSK5

terrible

  • created sense approved 糟糕 · zāo​gāo · terrible — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    糟糕

    zāo​gāo

    terrible

    too bad; awful; in a mess; describes a situation or thing that has gone wrong

    糟 (literal) → 糟 · zāo · bad 糕 (literal) → 糕 · gāo · cake

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 糟糕 · zāo​gāo · [bad luck] — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    糟糕

    zāo​gāo

    [bad luck]

    Colloquial exclamation used to express frustration or dismay, meaning "What bad luck!" or "Oh no!"

    糟 (literal) → 糟 · zāo · oh no 糕 (literal) → 糕 · gāo · cake

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

    created sense