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糟糕

zāo gāo
HSK 5
too bad, how terrible, what bad luck
adjective

Example Sentences

今天的天气糟糕得很。
jīntiān de tiānqì zāogāo déhěn 。
The weather today is terrible.
我们把这个项目搞得糟糕透了。
wǒmen bǎ zhègè xiàngmù gǎodé zāogāo tòule 。
We messed up this project badly.
听说你考试没通过，真糟糕。
tīngshuō nǐ kǎoshì méi tōngguò ， zhēn zāogāo 。
I heard you failed the exam, that's really bad.

Individual Characters

糟zāo
dregs, waste, spoil, bad, in a mess
糕gāo
cake

Words with similar meanings

惨峭cǎnqiào
tragic
A more formal term that conveys a sense of a severe and unfortunate situation.
糟糕透了zāogāotòule
terrible
An intensified version, emphasizing just how bad the situation is.

Words Starting With 糟

糟蹋zāo tà
to waste; to wreck; to despoil; to abuse; to slander; to insult; to defile; to trample on

Words Ending With 糕

蛋糕dàn gāo
"cake

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