臭 (chòu) — smelly, stinky (literal); (figurative) terrible, lousy, terrible (of a skill, idea, reputation)

Definition

Examples

• 这条鱼已经臭了，不能吃。
  Zhè tiáo yú yǐ jīng chòu le, bù néng chī.
  This fish has gone bad (is smelly) and can't be eaten.
• 他下的棋真臭，每次都输。
  Tā xià de qí zhēn chòu, měi cì dōu shū.
  He plays chess terribly; he loses every time.
• 他最近出的几个主意都很臭。
  Tā zuì jìn chū de jǐ gè zhǔ yì dōu hěn chòu.
  The ideas he's come up with recently are all terrible.