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黃色炸藥

简黄色炸药 · 繁黃色炸藥

Mandarin · pinyin huáng sè zhà yào

trinitrotoluene (TNT), C6H2(NO2)3CH3

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黃: huáng · yellow; surname; Kangxi radical 201
色: sè · color, tint, hue, shade; form, body; beauty, desire for beauty; Kangxi radical 139
炸: zhà · to fry in oil; to scald; to explode
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黄: huáng · yellow; surname
药: yào · leaf of Dahurian angelica plant; medicine

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2–4–4–4 · huang2 se4 zha4 yao4

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noun

trinitrotoluene; TNT (a highly explosive yellow crystalline substance)

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