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砸

zá · za

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 7–9Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. to smash
  2. to pound
  3. to fail
  4. to muck up
  5. to bungle
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In a conversation

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The driving test

  1. Dengdeng

    唉(ài)，我(wǒ)的(de)驾照(jiàzhào)考试(kǎoshì)又(yòu)考(kǎo)砸(zá)了(le)。

    Sigh, I flunked my driving test again.

  2. Liangliang

    怎么(zěnme)砸(zá)的(de)？

    How did you mess it up?

  3. Dengdeng

    倒车(dàochē)的(de)时候(shíhou)，我(wǒ)一脚(yījiǎo)油门(yóumén)，把(bǎ)后面(hòumian)的(de)杆子(gǎnzi)撞倒(zhuàngdǎo)了(le)。

    When reversing, I hit the gas and knocked down the pole behind me.

  4. Liangliang

    撞倒(zhuàngdǎo)杆子(gǎnzi)，当然(dāngrán)考(kǎo)砸(zá)了(le)。

    Knocking down a pole, of course you flunked.

  5. Dengdeng

    可是(kěshì)考官(kǎoguān)说(shuō)，我(wǒ)是(shì)他(tā)见过(jiànguò)最快(zuìkuài)的(de)倒车(dàochē)。

    But the examiner said it was the fastest reversing he has seen.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

令(lìng)我(wǒ)非(fēi)常(cháng)伤(shāng)心(xīn)的(de)是(shì)她(tā)考(kǎo)砸(zá)了(le)。

She failed the examination and I was greatly disappointed.

Tatoeba: Chinese by yuiyu · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

车(chē)头(tóu)的(de)挡(dǎng)风(fēng)玻(bō)璃(li)被(bèi)砸(zá)至(zhì)粉(fěn)碎(suì)。

The front windshield of a car was smashed to pieces.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by ArizonaJim · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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