搞砸

gǎozá
  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

弄壞、使失敗。

重編國語辭典

做錯，做得不好

維基詞典

Examples

我搞砸了第一個音符。

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

1 搞 gǎo
  1. to do
  2. to make
  3. to go in for
  4. to set up
  5. to get hold of
  6. to take care of
2 砸 zá
  1. to smash
  2. to pound
  3. to fail
  4. to muck up
  5. to bungle

Related entries

凸槌 tūchuí
  1. (slang) (Tw) to mess up
  2. to screw up
弄亂 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

搞亂 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
寵壞 chǒnghuài to spoil (a child etc)
燕妮是个被宠坏的孩子。

Yanni is a spoiled kid.

Source: Tatoeba

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