English Definition: cannon; Classifiers: 座 ; firecracker
Example Words:
鞭炮 [ biānpào ]: firecrackers; string of small firecrackers; Classifiers: 枚
嘴炮 [ zuǐpào ]: (Internet slang) to mouth off; to shoot one's mouth off; sb who does that
小钢炮 [ xiǎogāngpào ]: (coll.) piece of light artillery such as a mortar; (fig.) person who speaks boldly and frankly; hot hatch (car); (also used figuratively with various meanings in other contexts)
Senior officer Sir Hugh Orde said that water cannons work only on large and static groups, and plastic bullets are weapons of last resort that do not belong on London streets.