dǎ pào
to open fire with artillery
to set off firecrackers
to make one's stage debut
(slang) to have sex
to masturbate
pào jī
to shell
to bombard
bombardment
pào jī
to shell
to bombard
bombardment
pào huǒ
artillery barrage
gunfire
pào zhì
to concoct
to invent
to fabricate
to produce
to process
processing and curing (Chinese medicine)
pào dàn
artillery shell
CL:枚[mei2]
pào
cannon
CL:座[zuo4]
firecracker
páo
to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
bāo
to sauté
to fry
to dry by heating
biān pào
firecrackers
a string of small firecrackers
CL:枚[méi]
lǐ pào
gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute)
salvo
dà pào
big gun
cannon
artillery
one who talks big
trad. form 大炮 also used
CL:門|门[men2],尊[zun1]
pào hōng
to bombard
to bomb
(fig.) to criticize
to roast
pào hōng
to bombard
to bomb
trad. also written 炮轟
mǎ hòu pào
lit. firing after the horse
fig. belated action
giving advice in hindsight
mǎ hòu pào
lit. firing after the horse
fig. belated action
giving advice in hindsight
zhòng pào
heavy artillery
also written 重砲|重炮
pào xiǎng
sound of gunfire
fig. news of momentous events
niǎo qiāng huàn pào
bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously
jī guān pào
machine cannon
machine-gun cannon
páo lào
the hot pillar (ancient Chinese torture instrument)
pào huǒ lián tiān
cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
kāi mén pào
firecrackers to open the door on the New Year
nǔ pào
catapult
ballista (siege catapult firing stone blocks)
Dà gū kǒu pào tái
Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
fàng mǎ hòu pào
to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom); to act too late to be effective