熔毁 (rónghuǐ): meltdown

Meanings

1 meltdown
2 (of nuclear fuel) to melt down

Characters

熔

Examples

福岛核电站发生了堆芯熔毁。

Fúdǎo hédiànzhàn fāshēng le duīxīn rónghuǐ.

The Fukushima nuclear plant suffered a core meltdown.

防止反应堆熔毁是核安全的关键。

Fángzhǐ fǎnyìngduī rónghuǐ shì hé ānquán de guānjiàn.

Preventing reactor meltdown is key to nuclear safety.

Tips

usage

Specifically a nuclear-engineering term: 堆芯熔毁 = core meltdown. Different from 融化 (rónghuà, normal melting) — 熔 implies high-temperature smelting, 毁 adds destruction.

Stroke Order

熔 róng

毁 huǐ

Related Words

熔化 rónghuà #14,232

to melt / to fuse

烧毁 shāohuǐ HSK 7 #6,839

to burn down / to destroy by fire

熔解 róngjiě #36,000

to melt (a solid into liquid) / fusion (in physics)

热熔胶枪 rèróngjiāoqiāng

hot glue gun / hot-melt glue gun

摧毁 cuīhuǐ HSK 7 #2,739

to destroy / to demolish / to devastate

毁灭 huǐmiè HSK 7 #2,553

to destroy / to annihilate / to exterminate

毁 huǐ HSK 6 #815

to destroy; to ruin; to demolish / to slander; to defame

销毁 xiāohuǐ HSK 7 #6,245

to destroy / to annihilate / to eliminate (by burning/shredding)

熔 róng #16,759

to smelt; to fuse; to melt (metals)

熔岩 róngyán #11,982

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