No. 562 in Malay
sampah
Trash.
In a sentence
Saya membuang sampah ke dalam tong.
I throw trash into the bin.
Here, 'sampah' denotes physical garbage or waste.
Kata-katanya penuh dengan sampah.
His words are full of trash.
In this sentence, 'sampah' metaphorically represents nonsensical or worthless speech.
Pertandingan itu begitu teruk sehingga dianggap sebagai sampah.
The competition was so bad that it was considered trash.
In this context, 'sampah' is used figuratively to depict something of extremely low quality or value.
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