hat6 daan2核彈核弹
Jyutpinghat6 daan2
Yalehaht dáan
Definition
Nuclear bomb or nuclear missile.
colloquialotherslang
How it's used
Beyond its literal meaning, this term is frequently used in Hong Kong slang to describe a social situation that is explosive, scandalous, or has catastrophic consequences for someone's reputation. When someone reveals a massive secret or makes a public accusation that destroys a person's career, people often describe that act as dropping a nuclear bomb. It carries a sense of total destruction and irreversible impact.
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mui4枚mùihExamples
This country is actually developing nuclear missiles.
If a nuclear bomb goes off, what will the world become?
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Common phrases
to detonate a nuclear bomb or to reveal a massive scandal
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the term 炸彈, which refers to a conventional bomb. Using this term for a regular explosive device will sound overly dramatic or confusing to native speakers.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
