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一炮打响

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Pīnyīn
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(idiom) to hit the jackpot with a single shot; to achieve success at one's first try

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *一* | 一* | *一
1画
one; a, an; alone
1000.0
M
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *炮* | 炮* | *炮
9画
large gun, cannon; artillery
9781.2
FPRU
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *打* | 打* | *打
5画
strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
5102.0
QMN
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *响* | 响* | *响
9画
make sound, make noise; sound
6702
RHBR

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
(idiom) to hit the jackpot with a single shot; to achieve success at one's first try
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *一* | 一* | *一
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *炮* | 炮* | *炮
to sauté / to fry / to dry by heating
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *炮* | 炮* | *炮
to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *炮* | 炮* | *炮
cannon / CL: / firecracker
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *炮* | 炮* | *炮
variant of
  
  
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *打* | 打* | *打
(loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [da3]
  
  
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *打* | 打* | *打
a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话 "to make a phone call", 打針|打针 "to get an injection", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气 "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后 "since then")
  
to start shooting or firing / to win an initial success / to succeed (of a plan)
   
   xiǎng
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *响* | 响* | *响
echo / sound / noise / to make a sound / to sound / to ring / loud / classifier for noises