baau3 saan1爆山
Jyutpingbaau3 saan1
Yalebaau sāan
Definition
To blast a mountain with explosives to clear land or extract rocks.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to the industrial or engineering process of using explosives to clear rock for construction projects. It carries a sense of heavy, large scale work that is often associated with land development in hilly areas. The term is rarely used in a metaphorical sense and almost exclusively describes physical demolition of terrain.
Examples
They had to blast the mountain there to build the road.
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Common phrases
mountain blasting project
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