地雷

dì léi · di lei

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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  1. land mine (CL:顆 / 颗 (kē))
  2. (fig.) sore point; weak spot

In a sentence

2 examples
01

士(shì)兵(bīng)们(men)小(xiǎo)心(xīn)地(de)走(zǒu)过(guò)那(nà)片(piàn)可(kě)能(néng)埋(mái)有(yǒu)地(dì)雷(léi)的(de)区(qū)域(yù)。

The soldiers carefully walked through the area that might be planted with land mines.

02

这(zhè)个(ge)话(huà)题(tí)是(shì)他(tā)的(de)地(dì)雷(léi),最(zuì)好(hǎo)别(bié)碰(pèng)。

This topic is his sore point, so it's best not to touch it.

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