渣滓

zhāzǐ
  1. residue
  2. dregs
  3. disreputable people

CEDICT

  1. (dialectal) garbage; trash; rubbish
  2. (figurative, derogatory) disreputable person; scum
  3. disreputable person; scum
  4. dregs; residue; dross
  5. garbage; trash; rubbish

Wiktionary

  1. 物品提去精华后所剩馀之物。
  2. 比喻剩馀而无用的事物。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 渣 zhā
  1. slag (in mining or smelting)
  2. dregs
2 滓 zǐ (bound form) dregs; sediment

Related entries

残留物 cánliúwù
  1. remnant
  2. residue
  3. material left over
残留 cánliú
  1. to remain; to be left over
  2. residual; remnant
  3. residue
印度尼西亞有許多殘留日本兵。

Indonesia had many Japanese holdout soldiers.

Source: Tatoeba

残余 cányú
  1. remnant
  2. relic
  3. residue
  4. vestige
  5. surplus
  6. to remain
  7. to leave surplus
余项 yúxiàng
  1. remainder term (math.)
  2. remainder
  3. residue
余 yú
  1. extra
  2. surplus
  3. remaining
  4. remainder after division
  5. (following numerical value) or more
  6. in excess of (some number)
  7. residue (math.)
  8. after
  9. I
  10. me
渣子 zhāzi
  1. dregs
  2. bits
  3. dregs (of society)
糟 zāo
  1. dregs
  2. draff
  3. pickled in wine
  4. rotten
  5. messy
  6. ruined
是怎麼變糟的？

How could things get worse?

Source: Tatoeba

渣 zhā
  1. slag (in mining or smelting)
  2. dregs
糟粕 zāopò
  1. dross
  2. dregs
  3. rubbish
  4. fig. useless residue