炮台
pào tái
Pinyin

Definition

炮台
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pào tái
  1. fort
  2. battery

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

平台
píng tái
  1. 1 platform
  2. 2 terrace
  3. 3 flat-roofed building
炮
pào
  1. 1 variant of 炮[pào]
台
Tái
  1. 1 Taiwan (abbr.)
台北
Tái běi
  1. 1 Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan
台湾
Tái wān
  1. 1 Taiwan
舞台
wǔ tái
  1. 1 stage
  2. 2 arena
  3. 3 fig. in the limelight
阳台
yáng tái
  1. 1 balcony
  2. 2 porch
电视台
diàn shì tái
  1. 1 television station
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
下台
xià tái
  1. 1 to go off the stage
  2. 2 to fall from position of prestige
  3. 3 to step down (from office etc)
  4. 4 to disentangle oneself
  5. 5 to get off the hook
出台
chū tái
  1. 1 to officially launch (a policy, program etc)
  2. 2 to appear on stage
  3. 3 to appear publicly
  4. 4 (of a bar girl) to leave with a client
前台
qián tái
  1. 1 stage
  2. 2 proscenium
  3. 3 foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.)
  4. 4 front desk
  5. 5 reception desk
  6. 6 (computing) front-end
  7. 7 foreground
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]
展台
zhǎn tái
  1. 1 display counter
  2. 2 stand
  3. 3 booth
打擂台
dǎ lèi tái
  1. 1 (old) to fight on the leitai
  2. 2 (fig.) to enter a contest
擂台
lèi tái
  1. 1 elevated stage on which martial competitions or duels were held
  2. 2 arena
  3. 3 ring
楼台
lóu tái
  1. 1 balcony
  2. 2 high building (esp. in poetry)
  3. 3 tower
柜台
guì tái
  1. 1 variant of 櫃檯|柜台[guì tái]
火炮
huǒ pào
  1. 1 cannon
  2. 2 gun
  3. 3 artillery
烛台
zhú tái
  1. 1 candlestick
  2. 2 candle holder
炮轰
pào hōng
  1. 1 to bombard
  2. 2 to bomb
  3. 3 trad. also written 炮轟

Idioms (12)

三个女人一台戏
sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
上不得台盘
shàng bù dé tái pán
  1. 1 too uncouth to appear in public (idiom)
  2. 2 unfit for a public role
丢轮扯炮
diū lún chě pào
  1. 1 lose a wheel, tear at the gun (idiom); flustered and confused in a panic
任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台
rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái
  1. 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
  2. 2 a cool head in a crisis
债台高筑
zhài tái gāo zhù
  1. 1 lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt
唱对台戏
chàng duì tái xì
  1. 1 to put on a rival show (idiom); to set oneself up against sb
  2. 2 to get into confrontation
炮火连天
pào huǒ lián tiān
  1. 1 cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
稳坐钓鱼台
wěn zuò diào yú tái
  1. 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite storms (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
  2. 2 a cool head in a crisis
台上一分钟，台下十年功
tái shàng yī fēn zhōng , tái xià shí nián gōng
  1. 1 ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom)
走马章台
zǒu mǎ zhāng tái
  1. 1 to go to the brothel on horseback (idiom); to visit prostitutes
近水楼台
jìn shuǐ lóu tái
  1. 1 lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor
近水楼台先得月
jìn shuǐ lóu tái xiān dé yuè
  1. 1 the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom)
  2. 2 to benefit from intimacy with an influential person

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