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暴发

bào fā

2-character word Traditional 暴發

What 暴发 means

1. to break out (of disease etc)
2. to suddenly get rich (or prominent)

The characters in 暴发

• 暴bàosudden; violent; cruel
• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue

Words starting with 暴发

• 暴发户bào fā hùnewly rich; parvenu; upstart

Sounds the same

Read bào fā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 爆发to break out; to erupt; to explode; to burst out

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