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八二三炮戰 八二三炮战 [Ba1 Er4 San1 Pao4 zhan4] /bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis/ 1638 1
[bao1] /to sauté/to fry/to dry by heating/ 5361 1
鞭炮 鞭炮 [bian1 pao4] /firecrackers/string of small firecrackers/CL:枚[mei2]/ 5005 1
長槍短炮 长枪短炮 [chang2 qiang1 duan3 pao4] /camera (jocular)/ 4268 1
磁軌砲 磁轨炮 [ci2 gui3 pao4] /railgun/ 3125 1
打橫炮 打横炮 [da3 heng2 pao4] /to butt in/to interfere/to make things difficult/ 3716 1
打炮 打炮 [da3 pao4] /to open fire with artillery/to set off firecrackers/to make one's stage debut/(slang) to have sex/to masturbate/ 4659 1
打野炮 打野炮 [da3 ye3 pao4] /(slang) to have sex outdoors or in a public place/ 5235 1
打野戰 打野战 [da3 ye3 zhan4] /see 打野炮[da3 ye3 pao4]/ 5235 1
大沽口砲臺 大沽口炮台 [Da4 gu1 kou3 pao4 tai2] /Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)/ 5897 1
大沽砲臺 大沽炮台 [Da4 gu1 pao4 tai2] /Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)/ 5897 1
大砲 大炮 [da4 pao4] /big gun/cannon/artillery/one who talks big/CL:門|门[men2],尊[zun1]/ 1722 1
大炮打蚊子 大炮打蚊子 [da4 pao4 da3 wen2 zi5] /cannon fire to hit a mosquito/to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut/ 6851 1
低音炮 低音炮 [di1 yin1 pao4] /subwoofer/ 6398 1
第一炮 第一炮 [di4 yi1 pao4] /(fig.) opening shot/ 5228 1
丟輪扯砲 丢轮扯炮 [diu1 lun2 che3 pao4] /(idiom) flustered/confused/ 2109 1
放鞭炮 放鞭炮 [fang4 bian1 pao4] /to set off firecrackers/ 6716 1
放大炮 放大炮 [fang4 da4 pao4] /to talk big/to shoot one's mouth off/ 4168 1
放空炮 放空炮 [fang4 kong1 pao4] /(lit.) to fire blank shots/(fig.) to be all talk and no action/to shoot one's mouth off/to make empty promises/ 4752 1
放馬後炮 放马后炮 [fang4 ma3 hou4 pao4] /to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom); to act too late to be effective/ 4828 1
分手炮 分手炮 [[fen1shou3pao4]] /(slang) breakup sex/ 871 2
佛朗機炮 佛朗机炮 [Fo2 lang3 ji1 pao4] /Western (or Western-style) cannon of the Ming era/ 5340 1
高射炮 高射炮 [gao1 she4 pao4] /anti-aircraft gun/ 7053 1
號砲 号炮 [hao4 pao4] /cannon used for signaling/signaling shot/ 3176 1
虎蹲砲 虎蹲炮 [hu3 dun1 pao4] /a short-barreled mortar/an ancient catapult/ 7121 1
花炮 花炮 [hua1 pao4] /firecracker/ 6653 1
火箭炮 火箭炮 [huo3 jian4 pao4] /rocket artillery/ 7053 1
火炮 火炮 [huo3 pao4] /cannon/gun/artillery/ 6932 1
火砲 火炮 [huo3 pao4] /cannon/gun/artillery/ 6932 1
機關炮 机关炮 [ji1 guan1 pao4] /machine cannon/machine-gun cannon/ 6424 1
加農炮 加农炮 [[jia1nong2pao4]] /(loanword) cannon/ 420 2
開門炮 开门炮 [kai1 men2 pao4] /firecrackers set off at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day (a Chinese tradition)/ 2822 1
開砲 开炮 [kai1 pao4] /to open fire/ 6608 1
空中砲艦 空中炮舰 [kong1 zhong1 pao4 jian4] /gunship (aircraft)/ 3766 1
禮炮 礼炮 [li3 pao4] /gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute)/salvo/ 4890 1
禮炮號 礼炮号 [Li3 pao4 Hao4] /Salyut (salute), Russian spacecraft series/ 4765 1
連珠砲 连珠炮 [lian2 zhu1 pao4] /barrage of gunfire (often used as a metaphor for rapid speech)/ 2568 1
榴彈炮 榴弹炮 [liu2 dan4 pao4] /howitzer/ 4720 1
[[luo4]] /used in 炮烙[pao2luo4]/ 932 2
馬後炮 马后炮 [[ma3hou4pao4]] /(Chinese chess) moving the cannon after moving the horse away/(fig.) a useless action or comment; sth done after it's too late/ 332 2
馬後砲 马后炮 [[ma3hou4pao4]] /variant of 馬後炮|马后炮[ma3hou4pao4]/ 332 2
娘炮 娘炮 [niang2 pao4] /(slang) effeminate man/sissy/effeminate/ 4738 1
娘泡 娘泡 [niang2 pao4] /variant of 娘炮[niang2 pao4]/ 4738 1
鳥槍換炮 鸟枪换炮 [niao3 qiang1 huan4 pao4] /bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously/ 6353 1
弩砲 弩炮 [nu3 pao4] /catapult/ballista (siege catapult firing stone blocks)/ 6575 1
排炮 排炮 [pai2 pao4] /to fire a salvo/broadside/cannonade/ 6667 1
[[pai3]] /used in 迫擊炮|迫击炮[pai3ji1pao4]/ 849 2
迫擊炮 迫击炮 [pai3 ji1 pao4] /mortar (weapon)/Taiwan pr. [po4 ji2 pao4]/ 1119 1
[pao2] /to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)/ 6123 1
炮煉 炮炼 [pao2 lian4] /to parch and refine medicinal herbs/ 6123 1
炮製 炮制 [pao2 zhi4] /to concoct/to invent/to fabricate/to produce/to process/processing and curing (Chinese medicine)/ 4961 1
炮烙 炮烙 [[pao2luo4]] /form of torture said to have been used by King Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 Wang2] in which the victim was forced onto a bronze pillar heated by a fire/ 932 2
[pao4] /ancient ballista for throwing heavy stones/variant of 炮[pao4], cannon/ 5340 1
[pao4] /variant of 炮[pao4]/ 5344 1
[pao4] /cannon/CL:座[zuo4]/firecracker/ 6047 1
炮兵 炮兵 [pao4 bing1] /artillery soldier/gunner/ 6798 1
炮彈 炮弹 [pao4 dan4] /artillery shell/CL:枚[mei2]/ 6385 1
炮耳 炮耳 [pao4 er3] /trunnion/protrusions on either side of a cannon facilitating mounting and vertical pivot/ 5344 1
砲轟 炮轰 [pao4 hong1] /variant of 炮轟|炮轰[pao4 hong1]/ 1399 1
炮轟 炮轰 [pao4 hong1] /to bombard/to bomb/(fig.) to criticize/to roast/ 4565 1
炮灰 炮灰 [pao4 hui1] /cannon fodder/ 6129 1
炮火 炮火 [pao4 huo3] /artillery barrage/gunfire/ 6799 1
砲火連天 炮火连天 [pao4 huo3 lian2 tian1] /cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war/ 6353 1
炮擊 炮击 [pao4 ji1] /to shell/to bombard/bombardment/ 6896 1
砲擊 炮击 [pao4 ji1] /to shell/to bombard/bombardment/ 6896 1
炮艦 炮舰 [pao4 jian4] /gunship/ 6512 1
砲艦 炮舰 [pao4 jian4] /gunboat/gunship/ 7037 1
炮決 炮决 [pao4 jue2] /to execute sb by cannon/ 1024 1
炮釺 炮钎 [pao4 qian1] /a drill/a hammer drill for boring through rock/same as 釺子|钎子/ 6956 1
炮兒局 炮儿局 [pao4 r5 ju2] /police station (Beijing slang)/ 6116 1
砲手 炮手 [pao4 shou3] /gunner/artillery crew/ 7001 1
炮塔 炮塔 [pao4 ta3] /gun turret/ 7121 1
砲臺 炮台 [pao4 tai2] /fort/battery/ 6420 1
砲艇 炮艇 [pao4 ting3] /gunboat/ 4980 1
炮艇機 炮艇机 [pao4 ting3 ji1] /gunship (aircraft)/ 3766 1
砲響 炮响 [pao4 xiang3] /sound of gunfire/fig. news of momentous events/ 6575 1
炮友 炮友 [pao4 you3] /fuck buddy/friend with benefits/ 4646 1
炮仗 炮仗 [pao4 zhang5] /firecracker/ 3466 1
炮竹 炮竹 [pao4 zhu2] /firecracker/ 3469 1
炮彈坑 炮弹坑 [[pao4dan4keng1]] /shell crater; shell hole/ 459 2
炮銅 炮铜 [[pao4tong2]] /gunmetal (alloy of copper, tin and zinc)/ 856 2
炮銅色 炮铜色 [[pao4tong2se4]] /gunmetal gray/ 856 2
炮戰 炮战 [[pao4zhan4]] /artillery bombardment; artillery battle/ 865 2
槍砲 枪炮 [qiang1 pao4] /firearm/ 6575 1
曲射砲 曲射炮 [qu1 she4 pao4] /curved-fire gun (mortar, howitzer etc)/ 2550 1
人群管理特別用途車 人群管理特别用途车 [ren2 qun2 guan3 li3 te4 bie2 yong4 tu2 che1] /specialized crowd management vehicle, a riot control vehicle equipped with a water cannon, commonly known as water cannon vehicle 水炮車|水炮车[shui3 pao4 che1]/ 2163 1
如法炮製 如法炮制 [ru2 fa3 pao2 zhi4] /lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)/fig. to follow a set pattern/ 4961 1
如法泡製 如法泡制 [[ru2fa3-pao4zhi4]] /see 如法炮製|如法炮制[ru2fa3-pao2zhi4]/ 72 2
三炮 三炮 [san1 pao4] /(Northeastern dialect) simple-minded person/ 2365 1
三皇炮捶 三皇炮捶 [[san1huang2 pao4chui2]] /Pao Chui (Chinese martial art)/ 705 2
山炮 山炮 [[shan1pao4]] /mountain gun (portable artillery piece used in mountainous terrain)/(dialect) bumpkin; simpleton; idiot/ 455 2
水炮 水炮 [shui3 pao4] /water cannon/ 2163 1
水炮車 水炮车 [shui3 pao4 che1] /water cannon vehicle, common name for specialized crowd management vehicle 人群管理特別用途車|人群管理特别用途车[ren2 qun2 guan3 li3 te4 bie2 yong4 tu2 che1]/ 2163 1
糖彈 糖弹 [tang2 dan4] /sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting bourgeois influences (abbr. for 糖衣炮彈|糖衣炮弹[tang2 yi1 pao4 dan4])/ 2360 1
糖衣炮彈 糖衣炮弹 [tang2 yi1 pao4 dan4] /sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting bourgeois influences/ 2360 1
無後坐力炮 无后坐力炮 [wu2 hou4 zuo4 li4 pao4] /recoilless rifle/ 2974 1
霧炮車 雾炮车 [[wu4pao4che1]] /mist cannon truck; dust suppression truck/ 3 2
小鋼砲 小钢炮 [xiao3 gang1 pao4] /(coll.) piece of light artillery such as a mortar/(fig.) person who speaks boldly and frankly/hot hatch (car)/(also used figuratively with various meanings in other contexts)/ 2805 1
野炮 野炮 [ye3 pao4] /field artillery/ 5235 1
一炮而紅 一炮而红 [yi1 pao4 er2 hong2] /to win instant success (idiom)/to become an instant hit/ 4422 1
一炮打響 一炮打响 [[yi1pao4-da3xiang3]] /(idiom) to hit the jackpot with a single shot; to achieve success at one's first try/ 736 2
約P 约P [[yue1-P]] /see 約炮|约炮[yue1pao4]/ 254 2
約炮 约炮 [[yue1pao4]] /(slang) to hook up for sex; to arrange a casual sexual encounter (often with a new or non-committed partner)/ 254 2
重砲 重炮 [zhong4 pao4] /heavy artillery/ 5344 1
子母炮彈 子母炮弹 [zi3 mu3 pao4 dan4] /artillery cluster bomb/ 6813 1
嘴炮 嘴炮 [zui3 pao4] /(Internet slang) to mouth off/to shoot one's mouth off/sb who does that/ 3068 1

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