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Character Decomposition
炮=火+包
Etymology
fire
Meanings3 pronunciations
bāo
to sauté
to fry
to dry by heating
páo
to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
pào
cannon
CL:座 zuò
firecracker
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Words with 炮 209 total
to open fire with artillery · to set off firecrackers · to make one's stage debut · (slang) to have sex · to masturbate打炮dǎ pàocannon used for signaling · signaling shot号炮hào pàoartillery soldier · gunner炮兵pào bīngcannon fodder炮灰pào huīartillery barrage · gunfire炮火pào huǒto shell · to bombard · bombardment炮击pào jīgunship炮舰pào jiànform of torture said to have been used by King Zhou of Shang in which the victim was forced onto a bronze pillar heated by a fire炮烙páo luòto parch and refine medicinal herbs炮炼páo liàna drill · a hammer drill for boring through rock · same as炮钎pào qiāngunner · artillery crew炮手pào shǒugun turret炮塔pào tǎfort · battery炮台pào táigunboat炮艇pào tǐng
Idioms with 炮 15 total Chain
to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom); to act too late to be effective放马后炮fàng mǎ hòu pào(Chinese chess) moving the cannon after moving the horse away · (fig.) a useless action or comment; sth done after it's too late马后炮mǎ hòu pàobird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously鸟枪换炮niǎo qiāng huàn pàocannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war炮火连天pào huǒ lián tiān
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