探雷 (tàn léi) — to detect mines; to locate land mines or sea mines
Definition
Specialized military term: the act of locating or detecting land or sea mines, usually with special equipment (工兵/扫雷器). It is not general 'searching' — use 搜索 or 寻找 for everyday lookups.
verb
to detect minesto locate land mines or sea mines
Examples
- 探雷。Gōng bīng zhèng zài yòng yí qì tàn léi.The engineers are using instruments to detect mines.
- ，。Tā men zài zhè piàn qū yù tàn guò léi, méi yǒu fā xiàn wēi xiǎn.They have detected mines in this area and found no danger.
- ，。Jīn tiān shàng wǔ wǒ men tàn le liǎng cì léi, rèn wu yǐ jīng wán chéng.This morning we detected mines twice, and the mission is already complete.
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