I don't want to get my hands dirty.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
弄脏
to make dirty
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to make dirty
02
to defile
03
to smear
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 弄脏 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 弄脏 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
People who play with mud will get their hands dirty.
The future belongs to the few among us who are still willing to get their hands dirty.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 弄脏.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 弄脏.
Directly before
- 它们弄脏1
- 不想弄脏1
- 人会弄脏1
- 愿意弄脏1
Directly after
- 弄脏自己2
- 弄脏就行了1
- 弄脏我1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 弄脏
What does 弄脏 mean in Chinese?
弄脏 (nòngzāng) means to make dirty.
How do you pronounce 弄脏?
弄脏 is pronounced nòngzāng.
Is 弄脏 an HSK word?
弄脏 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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