炮竹
pào zhú
Pinyin

Definition

炮竹
 - 
pào zhú
  1. firecracker

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

爆竹
bào zhú
  1. 1 firecracker
鞭炮
biān pào
  1. 1 firecrackers
  2. 2 string of small firecrackers
  3. 3 CL:枚[méi]
大炮
dà pào
  1. 1 big gun
  2. 2 cannon
  3. 3 artillery
  4. 4 one who talks big
  5. 5 trad. form 大炮 also used
  6. 6 CL:門|门[mén],尊[zūn]
山竹
shān zhú
  1. 1 mangosteen
放爆竹
fàng bào zhú
  1. 1 to set off firecrackers
火炮
huǒ pào
  1. 1 cannon
  2. 2 gun
  3. 3 artillery
炮
bāo
  1. 1 to sauté
  2. 2 to fry
  3. 3 to dry by heating
炮仗
pào zhang
  1. 1 firecracker
炮灰
pào huī
  1. 1 cannon fodder
炮竹
pào zhú
  1. 1 firecracker
炮制
páo zhì
  1. 1 to concoct
  2. 2 to invent
  3. 3 to fabricate
  4. 4 to produce
  5. 5 to process
  6. 6 processing and curing (Chinese medicine)
炮轰
pào hōng
  1. 1 to bombard
  2. 2 to bomb
  3. 3 (fig.) to criticize
  4. 4 to roast
礼炮
lǐ pào
  1. 1 gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute)
  2. 2 salvo
竹
zhú
  1. 1 bamboo
  2. 2 CL:棵[kē],支[zhī],根[gēn]
  3. 3 Kangxi radical 118
竹子
zhú zi
  1. 1 bamboo
  2. 2 CL:棵[kē],支[zhī],根[gēn]
竹林
zhú lín
  1. 1 bamboo forest
竹笋
zhú sǔn
  1. 1 bamboo shoot
竹马
zhú mǎ
  1. 1 bamboo stick used as a toy horse
腐竹
fǔ zhú
  1. 1 roll of dried tofu strips
花炮
huā pào
  1. 1 firecracker

Idioms (16)

一炮打响
yī pào dǎ xiǎng
  1. 1 to win instant success (idiom)
  2. 2 to start off successfully
一炮而红
yī pào ér hóng
  1. 1 to win instant success (idiom)
  2. 2 to become an instant hit
丢轮扯炮
diū lún chě pào
  1. 1 lose a wheel, tear at the gun (idiom); flustered and confused in a panic
势如破竹
shì rú pò zhú
  1. 1 like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
  2. 2 with irresistible force
如法炮制
rú fǎ páo zhì
  1. 1 lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to follow a set pattern
放马后炮
fàng mǎ hòu pào
  1. 1 to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom); to act too late to be effective
炮火连天
pào huǒ lián tiān
  1. 1 cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
破竹之势
pò zhú zhī shì
  1. 1 lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force
破竹建瓴
pò zhú jiàn líng
  1. 1 lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force
竹篮打水
zhú lán dǎ shuǐ
  1. 1 using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
竹篮打水，一场空
zhú lán dǎ shuǐ , yī cháng kōng
  1. 1 using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
竹马之交
zhú mǎ zhī jiāo
  1. 1 childhood friend (idiom)
罄竹难书
qìng zhú nán shū
  1. 1 so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted
  2. 2 innumerable crimes (idiom)
  3. 3 see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qìng bǐ nán shū]
胸有成竹
xiōng yǒu chéng zhú
  1. 1 to plan in advance (idiom)
  2. 2 a card up one's sleeve
  3. 3 forewarned is forearmed
青梅竹马
qīng méi zhú mǎ
  1. 1 lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. innocent children's games
  3. 3 childhood sweethearts
  4. 4 a couple who grew up as childhood friends
鸟枪换炮
niǎo qiāng huàn pào
  1. 1 bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously

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