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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.prick; stick into; run or stick (a needle, etc.) into
歹徒扎死了一名无辜者。
The gangster stabbed an innocent person to death.
他的胡子扎人。
His moustache prickled.
我将用这根针，在你手指上轻轻扎一下。
I'm going to give your finger a little prick with this needle.
- 2
v.dialplunge/get into
他不小心扎到泥潭里了。
He stumbled into the mire by accident.
扑通一声，她扎进水里去了。
She dived into the water with a splash.
他一头扎入水中。
He plunged into the water.
- 3
v.be quartered; be stationed
扎营
encamp
安营扎寨
make a stockade
驻扎
be stationed
Words and phrases with 扎
- 扎工[word]mutual aid system devised for poor peasants in Northwest China before the setting up of farm cooperatives
- 扎除[word]removal by ligature
- 扎耳朵[word]grate on the ear
- 扎寨[word]camp
- 扎窝子[word]reluctant to be away from home
- 扎堆[word]get together
- 扎眼[word]garish; offensively conspicuous
- 扎煞[word]spread
- 扎穿[word]pierce
- 扎扎实实[idiom]in a down-to-earth manner
- 扎根串连[idiom]gang up with each other
- 扎手舞脚[idiom]make exaggerated gesture
Word usage
- NoteWhen pronounced as "zhá", "扎" is used for "struggle"; when pronounced as "zā", it refers to binding, such as "tied" and "ligated".