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糟糕

zāo gāo
HSK 5freq #3403

Meanings

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zāo gāo
  1. 1.too bad
  2. 2.how terrible
  3. 3.what bad luck
  4. 4.terrible
  5. 5.bad

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.terrible; awful; horrible

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Etymology

According to Qianp's Chinese Dictionary: Possibly from Zhang Tianyi's story 成业恒: "我客栈里欠了他好多花边,老板天天逼我还,天天而且还得吃饭,不胜糟糕之至。" () Alternatively, possibly from Yang Mo's Song of Youth: "真糟糕! 卢兄,我对于革命救国的道理真是一窍不通。" ()

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