firecracker
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
a short-barreled mortar / an ancient catapult
cannon used for signaling / signaling shot
barrage of gunfire (often used as a metaphor for rapid speech)
heavy artillery
field artillery
camera (jocular)
firecrackers set off at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day (a Chinese tradition)
mist cannon truck / dust suppression truck
bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom) / equipment improved enormously
variant of 炮轟|炮轰[]
variant of 馬後炮|马后炮[]
Western (or Western-style) cannon of the Ming era
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)
Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
Salyut (salute), Russian spacecraft series
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27