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炸

zhá · zha/zhà · zha

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Meaning

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zhá 炸

  1. to deep fry
  2. (coll.) to blanch (a vegetable)
  3. Taiwan pr. [zhà]

zhà 炸

  1. to burst; to explode
  2. to blow up; to bomb
  3. (coll.) to fly into a rage
  4. (coll.) to scamper off; to scatter

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)觉(jué)得(de)我(wǒ)的(de)头(tóu)要(yào)炸(zhà)了(le)。

I thought my head would explode.

Tatoeba: Chinese by verdastelo9604 · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

妈(mā)妈(ma)把(bǎ)土(tǔ)豆(dòu)切(qiē)成(chéng)片(piàn)，放(fàng)进(jìn)油(yóu)里(lǐ)炸(zhá)。

Mom sliced the potatoes and deep-fried them in oil.

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