暴雷

bàoléi

verb

Meanings

1 (of a P2P platform, crypto project, or financial firm) to blow up, collapse, default
2 thunderclap (literal)

Characters

sudden, violent

thunder, (fig.) landmine / time bomb

Examples

HSK 6

那个P2P平台昨天暴雷了,投资者血本无归。

Nàge P 2 P píngtái zuótiān bàoléi le, tóuzīzhě xuèběn wú guī.

That P2P platform blew up yesterday; investors lost everything.

HSK 7-9

这个币种已经暴雷跑路了。

Zhège bì zhǒng yǐjīng bàoléi pǎolù le.

This coin has already rugged and the team ran.

HSK 7-9

房企接连暴雷,市场信心崩塌。

Fáng qǐ jiēlián bàoléi, shìchǎng xìnxīn bēngtā.

Property developers collapsed one after another, shattering market confidence.

Tips

culture

Rose to prominence during the 2018-2019 P2P lending meltdown when hundreds of platforms absconded with depositors' funds. Now used for any sudden financial blow-up: crypto rugs, stablecoin depegs, property-developer defaults.

usage

Also written 爆雷 in many sources (some dictionaries prefer 爆雷). 暴 here means 'sudden', not 'violent'.

Stroke Order

暴 bào

雷 léi