狂轰滥炸
kuáng hōng làn zhà
to bomb indiscriminately; a relentless bombardment
Character by character
狂kuáng
wild
wild
轰hōng
bombard
bombard
滥làn
reckless
reckless
炸zhà
bomb
bomb
Example
那座城市在战争中经历了几个月的狂轰滥炸，几乎成了一片废墟。
The city went through months of relentless bombing in the war and was left almost in ruins.
Tone: negative (criticism).
Usage and origin
滥 is “excessive, indiscriminate”, as in 滥用 (8-2). Used of air raids on cities, and figuratively of a barrage of advertising, phone calls or spam: 广告的狂轰滥炸.
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