炮 ⇒
炮 bāo/páo/pào, [砲], to sauté/to fry/to dry by heating, to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or par...
大炮 dàpào, [大砲], big gun/cannon/artillery/one who talks big/trad. form 大炮 also used/CL:門|门[mén],尊...
炮弹 pàodàn, [炮彈], artillery shell/CL:枚[méi]
迫击炮 pǎijīpào, [迫擊炮], mortar (weapon)
开炮 kāipào, [開砲], to open fire
炮火 pàohuǒ, artillery barrage/gunfire
枪炮 qiāngpào, [槍砲], firearm
火炮 huǒpào, [火砲], cannon/gun/artillery, cannon/gun/artillery
炮手 pàoshǒu, [砲手], gunner/artillery crew
炮兵 pàobīng, artillery soldier/gunner
鞭炮 biānpào, firecrackers/string of small firecrackers/CL:枚[méi]
炮塔 pàotǎ, gun turret
炮轰 pàohōng, [炮轟]/[砲轟], to bombard/to bomb/(fig.) to criticize/to roast, to bombard/to bomb/trad. also w...
炮击 pàojī, [炮擊]/[砲擊], to shell/to bombard/bombardment, to shell/to bombard/bombardment
马后炮 mǎhòupào, [馬後炮]/[馬後砲], lit. firing after the horse/fig. belated action/giving advice in hindsight, lit....
高射炮 gāoshèpào, anti-aircraft gun
加农炮 jiānóngpào, [加農炮], cannon (loanword)
火箭炮 huǒjiànpào, rocket artillery
炮灰 pàohuī, cannon fodder
炮声 打炮 dǎpào, to open fire with artillery/to set off firecrackers/to make one's stage debut/(s...
炮台 pàotái, [砲臺], fort/battery
炮制 páozhì, [炮製], to concoct/to invent/to fabricate/to produce/to process/processing and curing (C...
重炮 zhòngpào, [重砲], heavy artillery
如法炮制 rúfǎpáozhì, [如法炮製], lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)/fig. to follow a set pattern
炮艇 pàotǐng, [砲艇], gunboat
放炮 榴弹炮 liúdànpào, [榴彈炮], howitzer
礼炮 lǐpào, [禮炮], gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute)/salvo
舰炮 高炮 鞭炮声 炮位 连珠炮 liánzhūpào, [連珠砲], barrage of gunfire (often used as a metaphor for rapid speech)
放空炮 fàngkōngpào, (lit.) to fire blank shots/(fig.) to be all talk and no action/to shoot one's mo...
空炮 机炮 鸟枪换炮 niǎoqiānghuànpào, [鳥槍換炮], bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously
排炮 páipào, to fire a salvo/broadside/cannonade
糖衣炮弹 tángyīpàodàn, [糖衣炮彈], sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupti...
炮仗 pàozhang, firecracker
炮舰 pàojiàn, [炮艦]/[砲艦], gunship, gunboat/gunship
钢炮 炮筒子 哑炮 土炮
竹 ⇒
竹 zhú, bamboo/CL:棵[kē],支[zhī],根[gēn]/Kangxi radical 118
竹子 zhúzi, bamboo/CL:棵[kē],支[zhī],根[gēn]
青梅竹马 qīngméizhúmǎ, [青梅竹馬], lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom)/fig. innocent children's games/childhoo...
胸有成竹 xiōngyǒuchéngzhú, to plan in advance (idiom)/a card up one's sleeve/forewarned is forearmed
爆竹 bàozhú, firecracker
竹竿 竹节虫 竹筒 zhútǒng, bamboo tube/bamboo pipe
竹林 zhúlín, bamboo forest
夹竹桃 jiāzhútáo, [夾竹桃], oleander (Nerium indicum)/Taiwan pr. [jià zhú táo]
势如破竹 shìrúpòzhú, [勢如破竹], like a hot knife through butter (idiom)/with irresistible force
竹篮 zhúlán, [竹籃], wicker basket
成竹在胸 chéngzhúzàixiōng, see 胸有成竹[xiōng yǒu chéng zhú]
毛竹 máozhú, moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), used as timber etc
罄竹难书 qìngzhúnánshū, [罄竹難書], so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted/innumerable crimes (idiom)/see...
敲竹杠 qiāozhúgàng, [敲竹槓], extortion by taking advantage of sb's weakness
竹杠 佐竹 竹笋 zhúsǔn, [竹筍], bamboo shoot
竹筏 石竹 shízhú, China pink/Dianthus chinensis (botany)
竹马 zhúmǎ, [竹馬], bamboo stick used as a toy horse
竹制 zhúzhì, [竹製], made of bamboo
竹叶 竹管 zhúguǎn, bamboo pipe
竹笼 竹千代君 爆竹声 小竹 箭竹 jiànzhú, bamboo (genus Fargesia)
筱竹 竹芝 竹茅 竹下 竹签 竹楼 竹板 zhúbǎn, bamboo clapper boards used in folk theater
丝竹 sīzhú, [絲竹], traditional Chinese musical instruments/music
西竹一 竹篓