鸟枪换炮 niǎo qiāng huàn pào

upgrade to much better gear or methods

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 68839th word

Definitions

  1. 1. bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously

Characters

Character Meaning
鸟 niǎo HSK 3
bird; (intensifier) damned; goddam
枪 qiāng HSK 5
gun; firearm; rifle
换 huàn HSK 3
to change (clothes etc); to exchange; to switch
炮 pào HSK 5
cannon; firecracker; variant of 炮pào