糟透了

zāotòule

phrase

Meanings

1 terrible
2 awful
3 couldn't be worse

Characters

terrible; spoiled (originally: dregs)

thoroughly; all the way through

perfective particle

Examples

今天的天气糟透了。

Jīntiān de tiānqì zāo tòu le.

Today's weather is awful.

这次考试我考得糟透了。

Zhè cì kǎoshì wǒ kǎo de zāo tòu le.

I did terribly on this exam.

Tips

grammar

Adjective + 透了 is an intensifier pattern meaning 'X to the extreme' — 糟透了, 烂透了, 坏透了, 累透了. 透 originally means 'penetrate through', so the metaphor is 'badness saturating all the way through'.

Stroke Order

糟 zāo

透 tòu

了 le