hōng

explosion

bang; boom; rumble; to attack; to shoo away; to expel

double (双) + vehicle (车) = thunderous boom

双 means 'double' or 'pair', so the image is two vehicles crashing or rumbling together. The combined force of multiple carts evokes the thunderous boom of heavy collision or bombardment.

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外面的一声,把我吓了一跳。

wài miàn hōng de yī shēng, bǎ wǒ xià le yī tiào.

Outside there was a loud boom, which gave me a fright.

警察把那些人出了广场。

jǐng chá bǎ nà xiē rén hōng chū le guǎng chǎng.

The police drove those people out of the square.

Words with 轰

雷轰

léi hōng

sound of thunder

闹轰轰

nào hōng hōng

variant of 鬧哄哄|闹哄哄[nao4 hong1 hong1]

地毯式轰炸

dì tǎn shì hōng zhà

carpet bombing

战略轰炸机

zhàn lüè hōng zhà jī

strategic bomber

核轰炸

hé hōng zhà

nuclear bomb

核轰炸机

hé hōng zhà jī

nuclear bomber (aircraft)

狂轰滥炸

kuáng hōng làn zhà

to bomb indiscriminately

炮轰

pào hōng

variant of 炮轟|炮轰[pao4 hong1]

质子轰击

zhì zǐ hōng jī

proton bombardment

轰走

hōng zǒu

to drive away

轰动

hōng dòng

to cause a sensation

轰动一时

hōng dòng yī shí

to cause a sensation (idiom)

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