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big gun / cannon / artillery / one who talks big / CL: 門|门,
curved-fire gun (mortar, howitzer etc)
fort / battery
firearm
(idiom) flustered / confused
cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
to open fire
Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
(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)
cannon used for signaling / signaling shot
gunship (aircraft)
cannon / gun / artillery
gunboat
to shell / to bombard / bombardment
gunboat / gunship
barrage of gunfire (often used as a metaphor for rapid speech)
Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
heavy artillery
gunner / artillery crew
catapult / ballista (siege catapult firing stone blocks)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *炮* | 炮* | *炮
variant of
HSK 6
railgun
sound of gunfire / fig. news of momentous events
variant of 炮轟|炮轰
HSK 7-9
a short-barreled mortar / an ancient catapult


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