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

HSK 3

那座旧桥被炸掉了。

Nà zuò jiù qiáo bèi zhàdiào le.

That old bridge was blown up.

HSK 7-9

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 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