1. (coll.) piece of light artillery such as a mortar2. (fig.) person who speaks boldly and frankly3. hot hatch (car)4. (also used figuratively with various meanings in other contexts)+1 条 curved-fire gun (mortar, howitzer etc)
1. machine cannon2. machine-gun cannon
(idiom) to hit the jackpot with a single shot; to achieve success at one's first try
1. to win instant success (idiom)2. to become an instant hit
to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom); to act too late to be effective
cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
variant of 马后炮[mǎ hòu pào]
1. (Internet slang) to mouth off2. to shoot one's mouth off3. sb who does that
1. (slang) effeminate man2. sissy3. effeminate
1. catapult2. ballista (siege catapult firing stone blocks)
1. fuck buddy2. friend with benefits
to parch and refine medicinal herbs
1. trunnion2. protrusions on either side of a cannon facilitating mounting and vertical pivot
1. a drill2. a hammer drill for boring through rock3. same as 钎子
gunmetal (alloy of copper, tin and zinc)
(slang) to hook up for sex; to arrange a casual sexual encounter (often with a new or non-committed partner)
1. to butt in2. to interfere3. to make things difficult
(slang) to have sex outdoors or in a public place
1. to talk big2. to shoot one's mouth off
water cannon vehicle, common name for specialized crowd management vehicle 人群管理特别用途车[rén qún guǎn lǐ tè bié yòng tú chē]
police station (Beijing slang)
Salyut (salute), Russian spacecraft series
1. a short-barreled mortar2. an ancient catapult
firecrackers set off at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day (a Chinese tradition)
Pao Chui (Chinese martial art)
1. (idiom) flustered2. confused
Western (or Western-style) cannon of the Ming era
Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
长枪短炮 長槍短炮 cháng qiāng duǎn pào camera (jocular)
bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
1. cannon fire to hit a mosquito2. to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut