火药味甚浓 huǒ yào wèi shèn nóng

fig. tense situation; strong smell of gunpowder; standoff

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. fig. tense situation
  2. 2. strong smell of gunpowder
  3. 3. standoff

Characters

Character Meaning
火 huǒ HSK 2
fire; hot (popular); fiery or flaming
药 yào HSK 2
medicine; drug
味 wèi HSK 4
taste; smell; classifier for drugs (in TCM)
甚 shèn HSK 4
variant of 什shén; very; extremely
浓 nóng HSK 5
concentrated; strong (smell etc); dense