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zāo
HSK 5freq #5229

Meanings

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zāo
  1. 1.dregs
  2. 2.draff
  3. 3.pickled in wine
  4. 4.rotten
  5. 5.messy
  6. 6.ruined

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.alcohol dregs
  2. 2.to preserve food in alcohol or alcohol dregs
  3. 3.awful; messy; terrible; in bad shape
  4. 4.to decay; to decompose; to spoil
  5. 5.to damage; to cause destruction to; to harm

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ʔsluː): semantic 米 + phonetic 曹 (OC *zluː). The original version is 𥽾. The radical of the rice perhaps is a reference to the liquor made out of fermented rice (see for instance 鬯) and the original meaning is "unfiltered", referred for instance to liquor and wine.

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