扫兴

掃興

sǎoxìng

adjective HSK 7-9 #8,403

Meanings

Sweeping away the excitement — a buzzkill.

下雨了，真扫兴！

Xiàyǔ le, zhēn sǎoxìng!

It's raining, what a letdown!

别说这种扫兴的话。

Biéshuō zhèzhǒng sǎoxìng dehuà.

Don't say such mood-killing things.

大家玩得正高兴，他一来就扫兴。

Dàjiā wán de zhèng gāoxìng, tā yīlái 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