to mess (sth) up · to foul up · to spoil

gǎo zá

g+ǎo·3rd tonez+á·2nd tone

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Never rush, or you risk doing things wrong.

做事千万别过于急切，把事情搞砸了。

I screwed up the very first note.

我搞砸了第一个音符。

We've been working on this for five months. Don't fuck it up now.

我们已经花了五个月的心血在这上面了。别这时候搞砸了。

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