fā lìng qiāngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
starting pistol
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Original source entry:

發令槍 发令枪 [fa1 ling4 qiang1] /starting pistol/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 發令槍

  • 发
    fā

    to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds)

    fà

    hair / Taiwan pr. [fǎ]

  • 令
    líng

    used in 脊令[jí líng] / used in 令狐[Líng hú] (Taiwan pr. [lìng])

    lǐng

    classifier for a ream of paper

    lìng

    to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem

  • 枪
    qiāng

    gun / firearm / rifle / spear / thing with shape or function similar to a gun / CL:支[zhī],把[bǎ],桿|杆[gǎn],條|条[tiáo],枝[zhī] / to substitute for another person in a test / to knock / classifier for rifle shots

    Qiāng

    surname Qiang

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