"Dregs" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 渣 |  zhā | slag (in mining or smelting) / dregs |   |
| 糟粕 | zāo pò | dross / dregs / rubbish / fig. useless residue | |
| 渣滓 | zhā zǐ | residue / dregs / disreputable people | |
| 余孽 | yú niè | remaining evil element / surviving members (of evil former regime) / dregs (of colonial administration) | |
| 糟 | zāo | dregs / draff / pickled in wine / rotten / messy / ruined | |
| 滓 | zǐ | dregs / sediment | |
| 渣子 | zhā zi | dregs / bits / dregs (of society) | |
| 人渣 | rén zhā | dregs of society / scum | |
| 糟糠 | zāo kāng | chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor) / (fig.) rubbish / junk / (abbr. for 糟糠妻[zao1 kang1 qi1]) wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband | |
| 药渣 | yào zhà | dregs of a decoction | |
| 醨 | lí | dregs of wine | |
| 去其糟粕 | qù qí zāo pò | to remove the dross / to discard the dregs | |
| 豆腐渣工程 | dòu fu zhā gōng chéng | jerry-built building project / lit. built on soybean dregs | |
| 洋垃圾 | yáng lā jī | trash or used goods from Western countries / the dregs of society of Western countries / Taiwan pr. [yang2 le4 se4] | |
