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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

砸 [zá]

1. verb [撞击] pound
2. verb [打破] break

杯子砸坏了。

The cup was broken.
3. verb [失败] fail

戏演砸了。

The performance went badly.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

砸 [zá]

1. verb pound; tamp

把地基砸实

tamp the foundations solid

砸了脚

have one's foot squashed
2. verb break; smash

碗砸了。

The bowl is broken.

砸核桃

crack walnuts

砸碎锁链

smash the shackles

把门砸开

smash (or ram) the door open
3. verb [Dialect] fail; fall through; be bungled

考砸了

failed the test

事儿办砸了。

The job was bungled.

戏演砸了。

The performance was a fiasco.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

砸 [zá]

1. 动重物落在物体上；用重物撞击

房子塌了，砸伤了两个人。

砸核桃。

砸地基。
2. 动打坏；捣毁

杯子砸了。

戏园子让流氓给砸了。
3. 动 [口] 事情做坏或失败

戏唱砸了。

考砸了。

See more results for 砸 in the English-Chinese Dictionary

Examples

砸饭锅: lose one's livelihood; lose one's job
你要加倍小心，这事弄不好会把你的饭碗砸了。: Be extra cautious. It may cost you your job if anything goes wrong.
砸个稀巴烂: smash sth. to smithereens
碗砸了。: The bowl is broken.
事儿办砸了。: The job was bungled.
他想骗人，却先被人家骗了，真是搬起石头砸自己的脚。: He wanted to cheat others, but was cheated by others; he was really hoist by his own petard.
这核桃梆硬，我砸不开！: I can't break the walnut, as it has a very hard shell.
刚才好险，石头差点砸中我们。: It was extremely dangerous. We were nearly hit by the stone.; 18 more results

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砸 [zá]

Scene：
砸小球 / smashing a small object
Examples：
砸碎，砸下来，砸石头，砸核桃
Description：
砸 means to break or smash something using a heavy object with a lot of force. It can also mean that something has smashed eg. 碗砸了. It is also extended to mean that something has failed, eg. 戏演砸了.

摔 [shuāi]

Scene：
摔碗 / smashing a bowl
Examples：
摔东西，摔跟头
Description：
摔 means to break an object by causing it to fall and smash into small pieces. It can be an accidental or intentional action.

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