火暴 (huǒ bào) — (adjective) popular, hot (e.g., of a performance, ticket sales, or event); (adjective) fiery, explosive (e.g., of temper or a situation)

Definition

An adjective meaning 'hot / popular' (a performance, market) or 'fiery / explosive' (a temper, situation). Variant of 火爆 — same meaning, different written form.

adjective
popularhot (e.g., of a performance, ticket sales, or event)fieryexplosive (e.g., of temper or a situation)
Easily confused

Examples

  • 火暴。
    Zhè bù diàn yǐng shàng yìng hòu piào fáng fēi cháng huǒ bào.
    This movie has been very popular at the box office since its release.
  • 火暴，。
    Tā pí qi huǒ bào, dòng bu dòng jiù fā huǒ.
    He has a fiery temper and gets angry at the slightest thing.
  • 火暴。
    Jīn nián de fáng dì chǎn shì chǎng tè bié huǒ bào.
    This year's real estate market is especially hot.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

火huǒfire
暴bàoviolent

火 suggests blazing heat and 暴 suggests sudden violence, so the two images combine to mean fiery and explosive.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

火 is a simple drawing of a fire, with flames shown rising upward.

Open 火 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The earliest form paired 虎 and 戈, a tiger and a weapon. The later 暴 came from a picture of hands drying something in the sun.

Open 暴 →

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