发射(fā shè)

HSK 7-92 charactersTrad. 發射

to shoot (a projectile)

Character breakdown

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Example sentences

How 发射 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

  • 他们朝夜空发射了一颗照明弹。

    tā men cháo yè kōng fā shè le yī kē zhào míng dàn

    They fired a flare up into the night sky.

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