大炮 | dà pào | big gun; cannon; artillery; one who talks big; trad. form 大炮 also used; Classifiers: 门 | |
鞭炮 | biān pào | firecrackers; string of small firecrackers; Classifiers: 枚 | |
炮兵 | pào bīng | artillery soldier; gunner | |
炮弹 | pào dàn | artillery shell; Classifiers: 枚 | |
炮火 | pào huǒ | artillery barrage; gunfire |
炮制 | páo zhì | to concoct; to invent; to fabricate; to produce; to process; processing and curing (Chinese medicine) | |
如法炮制 | rú fǎ páo zhì | lit. to follow the recipe (idiom); fig. to follow a set pattern | |
炮烙 | páo lào | the hot pillar (ancient Chinese torture instrument) | |
炮炼 | páo liàn | to parch and refine medicinal herbs | |
授意炮制 | shòu yì páo zhì | to instruct sb. in concocting (sth.) (idiom) |
1 | The gunners are loading the cannonball. | |
2 | This cannon has excellent performance. | |
3 | We will set off firecrackers during the Spring Festival. | |
4 | The cannonball inflicts immense damage on the enemy. | |
5 | The city wall was reduced to ruins by cannon fire. |