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礼炮
lǐ pào
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gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute);
salvo
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排炮
pái pào
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to fire a salvo;
broadside;
cannonade
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放空炮
fàng kōng pào
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(lit.) to fire blank shots;
(fig.) to be all talk and no action;
to shoot one's mouth off;
to make empty promises
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糖衣炮弹
táng yī pào dàn
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sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting bourgeois influences
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连珠炮
lián zhū pào
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barrage of gunfire (often used as a metaphor for rapid speech)
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鸟枪换炮
niǎo qiāng huàn pào
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bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously
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炮仗
pào zhang
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firecracker
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炮舰
pào jiàn
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gunship;
gunboat
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一炮打响
yī pào dǎ xiǎng
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to win instant success (idiom);
to start off successfully
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一炮打響
yī pào dǎ xiǎng
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to win instant success (idiom);
to start off successfully
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一炮而红
yī pào ér hóng
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to win instant success (idiom);
to become an instant hit
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一炮而紅
yī pào ér hóng
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to win instant success (idiom);
to become an instant hit
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三炮
sān pào
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(Northeastern dialect) simple-minded person
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三皇炮捶
sān huáng pào chuí
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Paochui - "Three Emperor Cannon Punch" (Chinese Martial Art)
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丢轮扯炮
diū lún chě pào
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lose a wheel, tear at the gun (idiom); flustered and confused in a panic
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低音炮
dī yīn pào
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subwoofer
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佛朗机炮
fó lǎng jī pào
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Western (or Western-style) cannon of the Ming era
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佛朗機炮
fó lǎng jī pào
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Western (or Western-style) cannon of the Ming era
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八二三炮战
bā èr sān pào zhàn
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bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called second Taiwan strait crisis
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加農炮
jiā nóng pào
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cannon (loanword)
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嘴炮
zuǐ pào
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(Internet slang) to mouth off;
to shoot one's mouth off;
sb who does that
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大沽口炮台
dà gū kǒu pào tái
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Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
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大沽炮台
dà gū pào tái
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Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
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大炮打蚊子
dà pào dǎ wén zi
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cannon fire to hit a mosquito;
to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
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如法炮製
rú fǎ páo zhì
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lit. to follow the recipe (idiom);
fig. to follow a set pattern
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