搞砸
gǎozáTraditional: 搞砸
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Translation
to mess up, to botch, to make a mess of
Word origin
A compound of 搞 (gǎo, to do, to manage) and 砸 (zá, to smash, to fail), literally to do something and break it, hence to ruin or botch.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 搞 (gǎo, to do) + 砸 (zá, to smash, to fail)
Stroke order
搞
砸
Examples
。
I made a mess of this whole thing.
，。
Do not be nervous, you will not mess it up.
。
He botched the interview again.
句氛。
One sentence ruined the whole mood.
，。
If we mess it up, we will start again.
搞砸 (gǎozá) means to mess up or botch something, a colloquial resultative verb. The 砸 element signals failure, as it also does in phrases like 砸了 (it flopped).
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