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火药味甚浓

huǒ yào wèi shèn nóngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
strong smell of gunpowder / fig. tense situation / standoff
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-f57032db9d62ab5a. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

火藥味甚濃 火药味甚浓 [huo3 yao4 wei4 shen4 nong2] /strong smell of gunpowder/fig. tense situation/standoff/

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Other forms in these source records: 火藥味甚濃

  • 火
    huǒ

    fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86

    Huǒ

    surname Huo

  • 药
    yào

    leaf of the iris / medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL:種|种[zhǒng],服[fù],味[wèi] / to poison

  • 味
    wèi

    taste / smell / (fig.) (bound form) flavor / character / atmosphere / (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription

  • 甚
    shén

    See the full entry for source details.

    shèn

    excessive / undue / to exceed / to be more than / very / extremely / (dialect) what / whatever (Taiwan pr. [shén])

  • 浓
    nóng

    concentrated / dense / strong (smell etc)

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.