zhá

to deep fry

(coll.) to blanch (a vegetable); Taiwan pr. [zha4]

fire (火) + sudden (乍) = deep fry in a violent burst

Oil so hot it makes food react with sudden, violent bubbling — that abruptness is exactly what deep frying looks and sounds like. The character captures both the element (fire) and the event (sudden transformation).

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妈妈用油了一些鸡块。

māma yòng yóu zhá le yī xiē jī kuài。

Mom deep fried some pieces of chicken in oil.

这家餐厅的虾做得又脆又香。

zhè jiā cāntīng de zhá xiā zuò de yòu cuì yòu xiāng。

The deep fried shrimp at this restaurant is both crispy and fragrant.

Words with 炸

逻辑炸弹

luó jí zhà dàn

logic bomb

重磅炸弹

zhòng bàng zhà dàn

(fig.) sth that produces shockwaves

集束炸弹

jí shù zhà dàn

cluster bomb

黄色炸药

huáng sè zhà yào

trinitrotoluene (TNT), C6H2(NO2)3CH3

地下核爆炸

dì xià hé bào zhà

nuclear underground burst

地毯式轰炸

dì tǎn shì hōng zhà

carpet bombing

地面核爆炸

dì miàn hé bào zhà

surface nuclear explosion

塑胶炸药

sù jiāo zhà yào

plastic explosive

塑胶爆炸物

sù jiāo bào zhà wù

plastic explosive

大型空爆炸弹

dà xíng kōng bào zhà dàn

Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB), a powerful American bomb

大爆炸

dà bào zhà

Big Bang (cosmology)

子母炸弹

zǐ mǔ zhà dàn

cluster bomb

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