弹射 (tán shè) — to launch or catapult (e.g., a missile from a carrier); to eject (especially a pilot from an aircraft); (literary) to censure; to harshly criticize

Definition

弹射 (tánshè) literally means to 'shoot out by force' — used for catapult-launching aircraft from carriers or ejecting pilots from cockpits. In writing it also means harshly censuring something bad.

verb
to launch or catapult (e.g., a missile from a carrier)to eject (especially a pilot from an aircraft)(literary) to censureto harshly criticize

Examples

  • 弹射
    Zhàn dòu jī cóng háng kōng mǔ jiàn shàng tán shè shēng kōng.
    The fighter jet launched from the aircraft carrier and rose into the sky.
  • 弹射
    Fēi xíng yuán zài jǐn jí qíng kuàng xià chéng gōng tán shè chū cāng.
    The pilot successfully ejected from the cockpit in an emergency.
  • 弹射
    Wén zhāng tán shè le shè huì shàng de bù liáng xiàn xiàng.
    The article harshly criticized the bad phenomena in society.

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