炸弹
zhàdànTraditional: 炸彈
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Translation
bomb
Word origin
A compound of 炸 (zhà, to explode), which carries the fire radical, and 弹 (dàn, a projectile). An exploding projectile is a bomb.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 炸 (zhà, to explode) + 弹 (dàn, projectile)
Stroke order
炸
弹
Examples
枚。
The police found a bomb.
。
The bomb exploded at midnight.
拆。
They defused the bomb in time.
颗。
This is a time bomb.
，。
On hearing about the bomb, everyone was frightened.
炸弹 (zhà dàn) means bomb. The fire radical in 炸 marks its explosive nature.
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