一 炮 打 响

yī pào dǎ xiǎngdictionary entry

(idiom) to hit the jackpot with a single shot / to achieve success at one's first try

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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.

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Original source entry:

一炮打響 一炮打响 [yi1 pao4 da3 xiang3] /(idiom) to hit the jackpot with a single shot; to achieve success at one's first try/

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Other forms in these source records: 一炮打響

一
yī
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
炮
bāo
to sauté / to fry / to dry by heating
páo
to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
pào
cannon / CL:座[zuò] / firecracker
打
dá
(loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [dǎ]
dǎ
to hit / to strike / to fight / (in many expressions) a semantically light transitive verb used with various objects to form expressions with a wide range of meanings, e.g. 打傘|打伞[dǎ sǎn] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[dǎ diàn huà] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[dǎ zhēn] "to get an injection" / (coll.) from / since
响
xiǎng
echo / sound / noise / to make a sound / to sound / to ring / loud / classifier for noises

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