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HSK
intelligent / able / smart (phone, system, bomb etc)
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *顶* | 顶* | *顶
apex / crown of the head / top / roof / most / to carry on the head / to push to the top / to go against / to replace / to substitute / to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) / (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc
HSK 4
Bombardier (surname and company name)
smoke bomb; smoke grenade
Bomê, a county in Nyingchi City 林芝市, Tibet
(slang) (originally Cantonese) to flop; to bomb
bomb / CL: 枚, 顆|颗
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *炸* | 炸* | *炸
to burst; to explode / to blow up; to bomb / (coll.) to fly into a rage / (coll.) to scamper off; to scatter
HSK 6
wife of father's elder brother / aunt / (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
repulsive / vile / hateful / abominable
HSK 7-9
incendiary bomb
Chinese silkworm moth (Bombyx mori)
Birmingham
to bomb; to bombard / CL: 波, 輪|轮
HSK 7-9
(dialect) wife of father's older brother; aunt
H-bomb / hydrogen bomb
the common silkworm (Bombyx mori)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *哑* | 哑* | *哑
mute; dumb; incapable of speech / (of a voice) hoarse; husky / (bound form) (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud
HSK 7-9
nuclear bomb
to bomb indiscriminately
not caring about fame and fortune (idiom) / indifferent to worldly rewards
artillery bombardment; artillery battle
neutron bomb
time bomb
strategic bomber
Aviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power (ATBIP), or Father of All Bombs, a powerful Russian bomb
high-sounding speech / bombast / high-profile
HSK 7-9
to boast / to brag / boastful / exaggerative / pompous / bombastic
(China's achievements of) producing an atomic bomb (1964) and hydrogen bomb (1967) and launching a satellite into space (1970)
to bombard / to bomb / (fig.) to criticize / to roast
carpet bombing
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *枚* | 枚* | *枚
classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy
HSK 7-9
(fig.) sth that produces shockwaves / bombshell (revelation) / blockbuster (product)
to throw down / to drop (bomb)
(bird species of China) Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
dirty bomb
smoke bomb; smoke grenade
Jürgen Habermas (1929-), German social philosopher
major principle / general truth / sermon (reproof) / bombastic talk
my meager sensibilities / blushing face / please do it for my sake (i.e. to save my face)(humble)
to throw an explosive charge / to bomb
cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
smoke bomb; smoke grenade
(jocular) wedding invitation (lit. "red bomb", because wedding invitations use red paper, and invitees are expected to give a substantial sum of money as a wedding gift)
loud sound, such as that of thunder or a bomb / to rumble / to roar
bomb
beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)
bombard
tear bomb / tear-gas grenade
atomic bomb; A-bomb
membrane / film / CL: 層|层
wave front
(of a bomb) powerful / (of news) impactful; significant / (of fabric) heavy-duty
to hurt sb's feelings by rebuffing their request
to shell / to bombard / bombardment
to bomb
to shell / to bombard / bombardment
bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
nuclear bomb
Bob Marley (1945-1981), Jamaican reggae musician and activist
suicide attacker; suicide bomber / voluptuous woman; muscular man
Mumbai (formerly Bombay)
bomblet (of cluster bomb)
Baume degrees
to clean the floor / (Internet slang) (lit.) to wash (the blood) off the floor / (fig.) to cover up evidence of sb's wrongdoing / to defend (a wrongdoer) / (coll.) to carpet-bomb
suicide bombing
air raid shelter; bomb shelter / (fig.) place that protects bad people; hideout
implosion atomic bomb
Liberman, Lieberman or Liebermann (name)
buzzing bomb
(military) cluster bomb / shrapnel
Baume hydrometer
living a simple life as one's ideal (idiom)
dim light / early dawn
bomber (aircraft)
lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells / good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)
artillery cluster bomb
dead bomb (i.e. not exploding on impact)
cluster bomb
Pomeranian (dog breed)
(of turbomachinery) to surge; to pulsate
nuclear bomber (aircraft)
parent shell (of a cluster bomb)
car bomb
time bomb
bomb crater; shell crater; mine crater
to explode / spontaneous detonation / self-detonation / suicide bombing / to disclose private matters about oneself
to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women) / to be born unlucky
cluster bomb
fire bomb / incendiary device
(turbomachinery design) anti-surge
Beaumont
to destroy in an explosion / to break (by bombing)
turbomachine
to fight with all one has
Bombacaceae (botany)
(military) fragmentation (grenade, bomb etc)
stun grenade / (Tw) (fig.) sth that produces shockwaves / bombshell (revelation) / blockbuster (product)
logic bomb

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