炮
pào
variant of 炮[pao4]
广场上摆着一门大炮。
guǎng chǎng shàng bǎi zhe yī mén dà pào。
A large cannon is placed in the square.
节日的夜空中响起了礼炮声。
jié rì de yè kōng zhōng xiǎng qǐ le lǐ pào shēng。
The sound of salute cannons rang out in the night sky during the holiday.
Words with 炮
连珠炮
lián zhū pào
barrage of gunfire (often used as a metaphor for rapid speech)
重炮
zhòng pào
heavy artillery
野炮
yě pào
field artillery
长枪短炮
cháng qiāng duǎn pào
camera (jocular)
开炮
kāi pào
to open fire
开门炮
kāi mén pào
firecrackers set off at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day (a Chinese tradition)
马后炮
mǎ hòu pào
(fig.) a useless action or comment; sth done after it's too late
高射炮
gāo shè pào
anti-aircraft gun
鸟枪换炮
niǎo qiāng huàn pào
bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously
一炮打响
yī pào dǎ xiǎng
(idiom) to hit the jackpot with a single shot; to achieve success at one's first try
一炮而红
yī pào ér hóng
to win instant success (idiom)
三炮
sān pào
(Northeastern dialect) simple-minded person