扫兴

掃興

sǎoxìng

adjective HSK 7 #8,403

Meanings

Sweeping away the excitement — a buzzkill.

Xià yǔ le, zhēn sǎoxìng!

It's raining, what a letdown!

Bié shuō zhè zhǒng sǎoxìng de huà.

Don't say such mood-killing things.

Dàjiā wán de zhèng gāoxìng, tā yī lái jiù sǎoxìng.

Everyone was having fun, but as soon as he showed up it killed the mood.

memory

Picture someone literally sweeping (扫) away all the fun and excitement (兴) from a party — that's 扫兴.

扫 sǎo

兴 xīng