炮火连天 pào huǒ lián tiān

intense gunfire; heavy fighting in war

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war

Characters

Character Meaning
炮 pào HSK 5
cannon; firecracker; variant of 炮pào
火 huǒ HSK 2
fire; hot (popular); fiery or flaming
连 lián HSK 4
(used with 也yě, 都dōu etc) even; continuously
天 tiān HSK 1
day; sky; heaven