爆料

bàoliào

verb

Meanings

1 to leak insider info, to spill a scoop
2 to reveal explosive details

Characters

Examples

有网友爆料说他们分手了。

Yǒu wǎngyǒu bàoliào shuō tāmen fēnshǒu le.

A netizen spilled that they've broken up.

记者爆料了公司内部的问题。

Jìzhě bàoliào le gōngsī nèibù de wèntí.

The reporter leaked the company's internal issues.

Tips

register

Tabloid and social-media register. 爆 = explode, 料 = material or info - literally 'exploding the goods'. Used constantly in entertainment news and Weibo drama.

Stroke Order

爆 bào

料 liào