# 爆冷门 (bàolěngmén)

In Mandarin Chinese, 爆冷门 (bàolěngmén) means “to pull off an upset; unexpected win”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to pull off an upset; unexpected win
- Pinyin: bàolěngmén (bao4 leng3 men2)
- Traditional: 爆冷門
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 这支弱队今天爆冷门赢了。
  Zhè zhī ruòduì jīntiān bàole lěngmén.
  The weak team pulled off an upset today.

## Characters

- [爆](https://hanziro.com/word/bao-explode/) (bào): to explode; to burst
- [冷](https://hanziro.com/word/leng-cold/) (lěng): cold
- [门](https://hanziro.com/word/men-door/) (mén): door; gate

https://hanziro.com/word/bao-leng-men-pull-off-upset/

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