炮兵
pào bīng
Pinyin

Definition

炮兵
 - 
pào bīng
  1. artillery soldier
  2. gunner

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

兵器
bīng qì
  1. 1 weaponry
  2. 2 weapons
  3. 3 arms
特种兵
tè zhǒng bīng
  1. 1 commando
  2. 2 special forces soldier
鞭炮
biān pào
  1. 1 firecrackers
  2. 2 string of small firecrackers
  3. 3 CL:枚[méi]
兵
bīng
  1. 1 soldiers
  2. 2 a force
  3. 3 an army
  4. 4 weapons
  5. 5 arms
  6. 6 military
  7. 7 warlike
  8. 8 CL:個|个[gè]
兵刃
bīng rèn
  1. 1 (bladed) weapons
兵力
bīng lì
  1. 1 military strength
  2. 2 armed forces
  3. 3 troops
出兵
chū bīng
  1. 1 to send troops
士兵
shì bīng
  1. 1 soldier
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
大炮
dà pào
  1. 1 big gun
  2. 2 cannon
  3. 3 artillery
  4. 4 one who talks big
  5. 5 trad. form 大炮 also used
  6. 6 CL:門|门[mén],尊[zūn]
奇兵
qí bīng
  1. 1 troops appearing suddenly (in a raid or ambush)
官兵
guān bīng
  1. 1 officers and men
招兵买马
zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ
  1. 1 to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom); to raise a large army
  2. 2 fig. to expand business
  3. 3 to recruit new staff
火炮
huǒ pào
  1. 1 cannon
  2. 2 gun
  3. 3 artillery
炮
bāo
  1. 1 to sauté
  2. 2 to fry
  3. 3 to dry by heating
炮仗
pào zhang
  1. 1 firecracker
炮灰
pào huī
  1. 1 cannon fodder
炮竹
pào zhú
  1. 1 firecracker
炮制
páo zhì
  1. 1 to concoct
  2. 2 to invent
  3. 3 to fabricate
  4. 4 to produce
  5. 5 to process
  6. 6 processing and curing (Chinese medicine)
炮轰
pào hōng
  1. 1 to bombard
  2. 2 to bomb
  3. 3 (fig.) to criticize
  4. 4 to roast
当兵
dāng bīng
  1. 1 to serve in the army
  2. 2 to be a soldier

Idioms (20)

一炮打响
yī pào dǎ xiǎng
  1. 1 to win instant success (idiom)
  2. 2 to start off successfully
一炮而红
yī pào ér hóng
  1. 1 to win instant success (idiom)
  2. 2 to become an instant hit
丢轮扯炮
diū lún chě pào
  1. 1 lose a wheel, tear at the gun (idiom); flustered and confused in a panic
先礼后兵
xiān lǐ hòu bīng
  1. 1 peaceful measures before using force (idiom); diplomacy before violence
  2. 2 jaw-jaw is better than war-war
全民皆兵
quán mín jiē bīng
  1. 1 to bring the entire nation to arms (idiom)
兵不血刃
bīng bù xuè rèn
  1. 1 lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory
兵来将挡，水来土掩
bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌，水来土堰
bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵家常事
bīng jiā cháng shì
  1. 1 commonplace in military operations (idiom)
兵强马壮
bīng qiáng mǎ zhuàng
  1. 1 lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a well-trained and powerful army
兵戈扰攘
bīng gē rǎo rǎng
  1. 1 arms and confusion (idiom); turmoil of war
兵戎相见
bīng róng xiāng jiàn
  1. 1 to meet on the battlefield (idiom)
兵败如山倒
bīng bài rú shān dǎo
  1. 1 troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
兵精粮足
bīng jīng liáng zú
  1. 1 elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom); well-prepared forces
  2. 2 preparations for war are in an advanced state
兵临城下
bīng lín chéng xià
  1. 1 soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
兵荒马乱
bīng huāng mǎ luàn
  1. 1 soldiers munity and troops rebel (idiom); turmoil and chaos of war
兵贵神速
bīng guì shén sù
  1. 1 lit. speed is a crucial asset in war (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. swift and resolute (in doing sth)
兵马未动，粮草先行
bīng mǎ wèi dòng , liáng cǎo xiān xíng
  1. 1 before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers
  2. 2 an army marches on its stomach
哀兵必胜
āi bīng bì shèng
  1. 1 an army burning with righteous indignation is bound to win (idiom)
天兵天将
tiān bīng tiān jiàng
  1. 1 celestial troops and generals (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. superior forces

Sample Sentences

谁说的，我高中毕业当了两年兵，还是炮兵呢。
shéishuōde ，wǒ gāozhōng bìyè dāng le liǎng nián bīng ，háishì pàobīng ne 。
Says who? I was a soldier, an artilleryman, for two years after I graduated from high school.
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