爆炸

bàozhà

verb HSK 6 #1,205

Meanings

Two explosion characters together — a literal detonation.

炸弹爆炸了。

Zhàdàn bàozhà le.

The bomb exploded.

工厂发生了爆炸事故。

Gōngchǎng fāshēng le bàozhà shìgù.

An explosion accident occurred at the factory.

这个消息简直是信息爆炸。

Zhège xiāoxi jiǎnzhí shì xìnxī bàozhà.

This news is literally an information explosion.

爆炸声震耳欲聋。

Bàozhàshēng zhèn'ěryùlóng.

The explosion was deafening.

usage

信息爆炸 (information explosion) and 人口爆炸 (population explosion) are common figurative uses, just like in English.

爆 bào

炸 zhà