礼炮
lǐ pào
Pinyin

Definition

礼炮
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lǐ pào
  1. gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute)
  2. salvo

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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]
炮
bāo
  1. 1 to sauté
  2. 2 to fry
  3. 3 to dry by heating
炮仗
pào zhang
  1. 1 firecracker
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)
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
低音炮
dī yīn pào
  1. 1 subwoofer
加农炮
jiā nóng pào
  1. 1 cannon (loanword)
如法炮制
rú fǎ páo zhì
  1. 1 lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to follow a set pattern
娘炮
niáng pào
  1. 1 (slang) effeminate man
  2. 2 sissy
  3. 3 effeminate
小钢炮
xiǎo gāng pào
  1. 1 (coll.) piece of light artillery such as a mortar
  2. 2 (fig.) person who speaks boldly and frankly
  3. 3 hot hatch (car)
  4. 4 (also used figuratively with various meanings in other contexts)
打炮
dǎ pào
  1. 1 to open fire with artillery
  2. 2 to set off firecrackers
  3. 3 to make one's stage debut
  4. 4 (slang) to have sex
  5. 5 to masturbate
排炮
pái pào
  1. 1 to fire a salvo
  2. 2 broadside
  3. 3 cannonade
放大炮
fàng dà pào
  1. 1 to talk big
  2. 2 to shoot one's mouth off
放空炮
fàng kōng pào
  1. 1 (lit.) to fire blank shots
  2. 2 (fig.) to be all talk and no action
  3. 3 to shoot one's mouth off
  4. 4 to make empty promises
榴弹炮
liú dàn pào
  1. 1 howitzer
枪炮
qiāng pào
  1. 1 firearm
机关炮
jī guān pào
  1. 1 machine cannon
  2. 2 machine-gun cannon

Idioms (7)

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
炮火连天
pào huǒ lián tiān
  1. 1 cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
鸟枪换炮
niǎo qiāng huàn pào
  1. 1 bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously

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