The Chinese word 爆破 (bàopò), meaning "to blow up" or "to demolish (with explosives)", is a typical verb-complement compound formed by combining two characters with related meanings. The first character, 爆 (bào), means "to explode" or "to burst", representing the action itself. The second character, 破 (pò), means "to break" or "to rupture", describing the result or effect of the action. Together, they form a logical cause-and-effect sequence where an explosion (爆) leads to a breaking or shattering (破), perfectly capturing the complete process of an explosive demolition. This pattern is common in Chinese for creating precise technical and descriptive terms.