搞砸

gǎo
  1. to mess (sth) up
  2. to foul up
  3. to spoil

CEDICT

  1. (colloquial) to mess up; to screw up; to blow it
  2. to mess up; to screw up; to blow it

Wiktionary

弄坏使失败

重編國語辭典

做错做得不好

維基詞典

Examples

我搞砸了第一个音符。

I screwed up the very first note.

Source: Tatoeba

做事千万别过于急切,把事情搞砸了。

Never rush, or you risk doing things wrong.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

Related entries

凸槌 chuí
  1. (slang) (Tw) to mess up
  2. to screw up
弄乱 nòngluàn
  1. to mess up
  2. to put into disorder
  3. to meddle with
  4. to confuse
如果你弄乱了,你来打扫。

If you make a mess, clean it up.

Source: Tatoeba

搞乱 gǎoluàn
  1. to mess up
  2. to mismanage
  3. to bungle
  4. to confuse
  5. to muddle
弄糟 nòngzāo
  1. to spoil
  2. to mess up
宠坏 chǒnghuài to spoil (a child etc)
燕妮是个被宠坏的孩子。

Yanni is a spoiled kid.

Source: Tatoeba

惯坏 guànhuài to spoil (a child)
惯养 guànyǎng
  1. to spoil
  2. to indulge sb (usu. a child)
溺爱 ài
  1. to spoil
  2. to pamper
  3. to dote on
盎格鲁-撒克逊人对诺曼人来说就像妻管严对溺爱妻子的人一样。

Anglo-Saxon was to Norman as hen-pecked to uxorious.

Source: Tatoeba

kuāng
  1. to spoil (Cant.)
  2. to ruin
  3. to warp (car wheel)
娇宠 jiāochǒng
  1. to indulge
  2. to spoil
弄坏 nònghuài
  1. to ruin
  2. to spoil
  3. to break
湯尼弄壞了它。

Tony broke it.

Source: Tatoeba

cán
  1. to destroy
  2. to spoil
  3. to ruin
  4. to injure
  5. cruel
  6. oppressive
  7. savage
  8. brutal
  9. incomplete
  10. disabled
  11. to remain
  12. to survive
  13. remnant
  14. surplus
糟践 zāojian
  1. to waste
  2. to spoil
  3. to destroy
  4. to insult grievously
腐坏 huài
  1. to rot
  2. to spoil
  3. (fig.) to become corrupted
娇惯 jiāoguàn
  1. to pamper
  2. to coddle
  3. to spoil
娇纵 jiāozòng
  1. to indulge (a child)
  2. to pamper
  3. to spoil
chǒng
  1. to love
  2. to pamper
  3. to spoil
  4. to favor
我要一只宠老虎。

I want a pet tiger.

Source: Tatoeba

guàn
  1. accustomed to
  2. used to
  3. indulge
  4. to spoil (a child)
孩子不能太惯了。

You should not spoil a kid too much.

Source: Tatoeba

  1. to drown
  2. to indulge
  3. addicted to
  4. to spoil (a child)