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炸掉 (zhà diào) — (resultative verb) to blow up, to blast (with explosives); (figurative) to blow up, to destroy (a plan, relationship, etc.)

Definition

炸掉 is a resultative verb: 'blow up / blast' with 掉 marking a completed, destructive change of state — the thing is gone afterwards. Figuratively, it means a plan or relationship collapses completely, not just gets damaged.

verb
(resultative verb) to blow upto blast (with explosives)(figurative) to blow upto destroy (a plan, relationship, etc.)

Examples

  • 炸掉。
    Dí rén bǎ zhè zuò qiáo zhà diào le.
    The enemy blew up this bridge.
  • ，。
    Zhè kuài shí tou tài dà le, gēn běn zhà bú diào.
    This rock is too big; it can't be blown up at all.
  • ，炸掉。
    Zhè cì tán pàn shī bài le, zhī qián de hé zuò jì huà wán quán zhà diào le.
    This negotiation failed, and the previous cooperation plan was completely blown up.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

炸zhàexplode
掉diàooff

炸 gives the explosion, and 掉 adds the sense of coming off or away.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
卓
卓zhuó掉diào
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

掉 is built from 扌 (a hand) and 卓, which gives the pronunciation.

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Appears in
Military & Defense

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