作賤

简 作贱 · 繁 作賤
Mandarin · pinyin zuò jiàn

Meanings

  1. variant of 作踐 zuò jiàn
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作
zuò · make; work; compose, write; act, perform
賤
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贱
jiàn · mean, low; cheap, worthless
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4–4 · zuo4 jian4

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zok3 zin6

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verb

  1. to degrade oneself
  2. (Puxian Min) to waste, to squander (of food etc.); to mistreat, to abuse (of people etc.)

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