炮灰
pào huī
Pinyin

Definition

炮灰
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pào huī
  1. cannon fodder

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

灰
huī
  1. 1 ash
  2. 2 dust
  3. 3 lime
  4. 4 gray
  5. 5 discouraged
  6. 6 dejected
鞭炮
biān pào
  1. 1 firecrackers
  2. 2 string of small firecrackers
  3. 3 CL:枚[méi]
大灰狼
dà huī láng
  1. 1 big bad wolf
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]
心灰意冷
xīn huī yì lěng
  1. 1 discouraged
  2. 2 downhearted
火炮
huǒ pào
  1. 1 cannon
  2. 2 gun
  3. 3 artillery
灰尘
huī chén
  1. 1 dust
灰姑娘
Huī gū niang
  1. 1 Cinderella
  2. 2 a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity
灰心
huī xīn
  1. 1 to lose heart
  2. 2 to be discouraged
灰暗
huī àn
  1. 1 dull gray
  2. 2 drab
  3. 3 murky
灰烬
huī jìn
  1. 1 ashes
灰色
huī sè
  1. 1 gray
  2. 2 ash gray
  3. 3 grizzly
  4. 4 pessimistic
  5. 5 gloomy
  6. 6 dispirited
  7. 7 ambiguous
灰蒙蒙
huī mēng mēng
  1. 1 dusky
  2. 2 overcast (of weather)
灰飞烟灭
huī fēi yān miè
  1. 1 lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be annihilated
  3. 3 to vanish in a puff of smoke
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

Idioms (13)

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
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
死灰复燃
sǐ huī fù rán
  1. 1 lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence
  2. 2 sth malevolent returns to haunt one
灰不溜丢
huī bu liū diū
  1. 1 gloomy and dull (idiom)
  2. 2 boring and gray
  3. 3 unpleasantly murky
灰头土脸
huī tóu tǔ liǎn
  1. 1 head and face filthy with grime (idiom)
  2. 2 covered in dirt
  3. 3 dejected and depressed
灰飞烟灭
huī fēi yān miè
  1. 1 lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be annihilated
  3. 3 to vanish in a puff of smoke
炮火连天
pào huǒ lián tiān
  1. 1 cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
万念俱灰
wàn niàn jù huī
  1. 1 every hope turns to dust (idiom); completely disheartened
面如灰土
miàn rú huī tǔ
  1. 1 ashen-faced (idiom)
鸟枪换炮
niǎo qiāng huàn pào
  1. 1 bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously

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