zāogāo

too bad / how terrible / what bad luck / terrible / bad

zāotà

to waste / to defile / to abuse / to insult / to defile / to trample on / to wreck / also pr. <zāota>

zāo

dregs / draff / pickled in wine / rotten / messy / ruined

zāole

gosh! / oh no! / darn!

zāotòu

in a bad state / horrible / dreadful / entirely regrettable

nòngzāo

to spoil / to mess up

wūqībāzāo

everything in disorder (idiom) / in a hideous mess / obscene / dirty / filthy

luànzāozāo

chaotic / topsy turvy / a complete mess

zāoliūhuángyú

stir-fried yellow fish filet

qǔqíjīnghuá,qùqízāopò

take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan) / keep what is good, discard the rest / You need to be selective when studying. / In modernizing the country, don't accept uncritically all foreign ideas.