砸 zá to smash
to smash; to pound; to crush; to break
怎么记住“砸”: 石 stone + 匝 go around = to smash. Grandpa lifts a heavy stone, tells the kids to go around the table to a safe spot, then swings it down on the walnuts to smash them.
部件结构
砸 = 石 stone + 匝 go around
- 石 stone
- 匝 go around
Grandpa lifts a heavy stone, tells the kids to go around the table to a safe spot, then swings it down on the walnuts to smash them.
用法
- To smash/pound down, and colloquially to botch/flop - 砸碎 (zásuì) to smash to bits, 砸核桃 (zá hétao) to crack walnuts.
- 事情砸了 (shìqing zá le) means it fell through/was botched; 演砸了 (yǎn zá le) to blow a performance; 砸饭碗 (zá fànwǎn) to lose one's job. Also 砸钱 (zá qián) to pour money in.