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砸
zá
1. to smash
2. to pound
3. to fail
4. to muck up
5. to bungle
HSK 6 Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

砸
zá
to smash, to pound, to crush, to break
HSK 6 10 丶

Compound Words (14)

打砸
dǎzá
to smash up
搞砸
gǎozá
to mess (sth) up
砸夯
záhāng
to pound the earth to make a building foundation
砸死
zásǐ
to crush to death
砸毁
záhuǐ
to destroy
砸烂
zálàn
to smash
砸破
zápò
to break
砸碎
zásuì
to pulverize
砸锅
záguō
to fail
乱石砸死
luànshízásǐ
to stone to death
搬砖砸脚
bānzhuānzájiǎo
to hurt oneself by one's own doing
砸锅卖铁
záguōmàitiě
to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)
搬石头砸自己的脚
bānshítouzázìjǐdejiǎo
to move a stone and stub one's toe
搬起石头砸自己的脚
bānqǐshítouzázìjǐdejiǎo
to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom)

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Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,455
Word Frequency Rank
2,411 of 84,292

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