炸掉

zhàdiào

verb #6,639

Meanings

1 to blow up
2 to destroy by bombing

Characters

to explode; to bomb

to fall; away (resultative complement)

Examples

那座旧桥被炸掉了。

Nà zuò jiù qiáo bèi zhàdiào le.

That old bridge was blown up.

他们计划炸掉这栋大楼。

Tāmen jìhuà zhàdiào zhè dòng dàlóu.

They planned to blow up this building.

Tips

grammar

掉 (diào) is a resultative complement meaning 'away' or indicating completion/removal. 炸掉 = blast away. Similar: 扔掉 (throw away), 删掉 (delete), 忘掉 (forget completely).

Stroke Order

炸 zhà

掉 diào