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炸毁 (zhà huǐ) — to blow up, to demolish (with explosives)

Definition

verb
to blow upto demolish (with explosives)

Examples

  • 炸毁。
    Dí rén zhà huǐ le nà zuò qiáo.
    The enemy blew up that bridge.
  • 炸毁。
    Kǒng bù fèn zǐ shì tú zhà huǐ dà lóu.
    Terrorists attempted to blow up the building.
  • 炸毁。
    Gōng rén men yòng zhà yào zhà huǐ le jiù chǎng fáng.
    The workers used explosives to demolish the old factory building.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

炸zhàblow up
毁huǐdestroy

“炸” means blow up and “毁” means destroy; blowing up causes destruction.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 毀; 毁 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 毀 combines 臼 (cracked skull), 工 (tool), and 殳 (hand action) as a man being hit in the head; this explanation is about 毀, not the simplified 毁.

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Appears in
Military & Defense

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