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    Expressing "to kill by bombing" with 炸死 (zhàsǐ)

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    Result & Consequence

    Structure

    Subject + 炸死 + Number + Person

    Explanation

    炸死 (zhàsǐ) means "to kill by bombing" or "to blow up and kill." It is a compound verb combining 炸 (to explode/bomb) and 死 (to die), following the common Chinese verb-result complement pattern.

    Examples

    • 爆炸炸死了三名平民。

      Bàozhà zhà sǐ le sān míng píngmín.

      The explosion killed three civilians.

    • 那次空袭炸死了好几个人。

      Nà cì kōngxí zhà sǐ le hǎo jǐ ge rén.

      That airstrike killed several people.

    • 炸弹炸死了两名士兵。

      Zhàdàn zhà sǐ le liǎng míng shìbīng.

      The bomb killed two soldiers.

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