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Radical: 火 Pictophonetic:
包 indicates the sound;
火 (fire) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
- ⿰ Left to right
- 火 [ huǒ ] fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
- 包 [ bāo ] wrap, pack, bundle; package
- Pinyin: pào
English Definition: cannon; Classifiers: 座 ; firecracker
Chinese Definition:
①重型武器的一类，有迫击炮、高射炮、火箭炮等：炮兵。炮弹。
②爆竹：鞭炮。花炮。
③爆破土石等在凿的眼内装进炸药后称“炮”。
Example Words:
鞭炮 [
biān pào ]: firecrackers; string of small firecrackers; Classifiers:
枚 炮弹 [
pào dàn ]: artillery shell; Classifiers:
枚 大炮 [
dà pào ]: big gun; cannon; artillery; one who talks big; trad. form
大炮 also used; Classifiers:
门 炮火 [
pào huǒ ]: artillery barrage; gunfire
- Pinyin: bāo
English Definition: to sauté; to fry; to dry by heating
Chinese Definition:
①把物品放在器物上烘烤或焙：把湿衣服搁在热炕上炮干。
②一种烹调方法，在旺火上急炒：炮羊肉。
- Pinyin: páo
English Definition: to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
Chinese Definition:
①烧：炮炙。炮烙。炮制。
Example Words:
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
炮制 [
páo zhì ]: to concoct; to invent; to fabricate; to produce; to process; processing and curing (Chinese medicine)
Example Sentences- “我们本来要使用高压水炮的，”他对BBC说，“我们还可以使用电棍。
“We could have water cannons, ” he told the BBC. “We could have baton charges.
- 所有炮的射距都调整好了吗?
Have all these guns been properly zeroed in?
- 我不会点燃美国内战的第一炮。
I cannot fire the first gun of the war.
- 拿破仑是使炮的能手，他自己也这样觉得。
Napoleon was an artillery officer, and felt the effects of this.
- 警长协会主席休·欧德说，高压水炮只能对付人数较多的不动的人群，而塑胶子弹则是最后的手段，不能用在伦敦的街道上。
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.
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