膛
táng
(bound form) hollow space
flesh (⺼) + grand hall (堂) = hollow space inside the body
堂 originally meant a grand hall — a large, open interior space. Paired with the flesh radical, 膛 narrows that sense of spaciousness to the hollow cavities inside the body, like the chest or barrel of a gun.
子弹卡在枪膛里，没有射出去。
zǐ dàn qiǎ zài qiāng táng lǐ, méi yǒu shè chū qù。
The bullet got stuck in the gun barrel and did not fire.
他检查了一下炉膛，发现里面的火已经灭了。
tā jiǎn chá le yī xià lú táng, fā xiàn lǐ miàn de huǒ yǐ jīng miè le。
He checked the furnace chamber and found that the fire inside had already gone out.
Words with 膛
开膛手杰克
kāi táng shǒu jié kè
Jack the Ripper
上牙膛
shàng yá táng
palate (roof of the mouth)
上膛
shàng táng
roof of the mouth
枪膛
qiāng táng
bore of a gun
滑膛
huá táng
smoothbore
炸膛
zhà táng
(of a gun) to explode; to blow up
炉膛
lú táng
furnace chamber; stove chamber
胸膛
xiōng táng
chest
膛径
táng jìng
caliber (of a gun)
膛线
táng xiàn
rifling (helical grooves inside the barrel of a gun)
脸膛
liǎn táng
facial contour; facial shape