炮响
pào xiǎng
Pinyin

Definition

炮响
 - 
pào xiǎng
  1. sound of gunfire
  2. fig. news of momentous events

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

影响
yǐng xiǎng
  1. 1 influence
  2. 2 effect
  3. 3 to influence
  4. 4 to affect (usually adversely)
  5. 5 to disturb
  6. 6 CL:股[gǔ]
影响力
yǐng xiǎng lì
  1. 1 influence
  2. 2 impact
炮
pào
  1. 1 variant of 炮[pào]
响
xiǎng
  1. 1 echo
  2. 2 sound
  3. 3 noise
  4. 4 to make a sound
  5. 5 to sound
  6. 6 to ring
  7. 7 loud
  8. 8 classifier for noises
交响
jiāo xiǎng
  1. 1 symphony, symphonic
交响曲
jiāo xiǎng qǔ
  1. 1 symphony
回响
huí xiǎng
  1. 1 variant of 迴響|回响[huí xiǎng]
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]
巨响
jù xiǎng
  1. 1 loud sound
打响
dǎ xiǎng
  1. 1 to start shooting or firing
  2. 2 to win an initial success
  3. 3 to succeed (of a plan)
敲响
qiāo xiǎng
  1. 1 to sound a bell
  2. 2 to raise the alarm
火炮
huǒ pào
  1. 1 cannon
  2. 2 gun
  3. 3 artillery
炮轰
pào hōng
  1. 1 to bombard
  2. 2 to bomb
  3. 3 trad. also written 炮轟
声响
shēng xiǎng
  1. 1 sound
  2. 2 noise
回响
huí xiǎng
  1. 1 to echo
  2. 2 to reverberate
  3. 3 to respond
  4. 4 echo
  5. 5 response
  6. 6 reaction
非同凡响
fēi tóng fán xiǎng
  1. 1 out of the ordinary
音响
yīn xiǎng
  1. 1 sound
  2. 2 acoustics
  3. 3 audio
  4. 4 hi-fi system
  5. 5 stereo sound system
  6. 6 abbr. for 組合音響|组合音响[zǔ hé yīn xiǎng]
响亮
xiǎng liàng
  1. 1 loud and clear
  2. 2 resounding
响彻
xiǎng chè
  1. 1 to resound
  2. 2 to resonate
响应
xiǎng yìng
  1. 1 to respond to
  2. 2 answer
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]

Idioms (9)

一炮打响
yī pào dǎ xiǎng
  1. 1 to win instant success (idiom)
  2. 2 to start off successfully
一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
  1. 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
不同凡响
bù tóng fán xiǎng
  1. 1 lit. not a common chord (idiom); outstanding
  2. 2 brilliant
  3. 3 out of the common run
不声不响
bù shēng bù xiǎng
  1. 1 wordless and silent (idiom); without speaking
  2. 2 taciturn
丢轮扯炮
diū lún chě pào
  1. 1 lose a wheel, tear at the gun (idiom); flustered and confused in a panic
半瓶水响叮当
bàn píng shuǐ xiǎng dīng dāng
  1. 1 lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
  3. 3 one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest
炮火连天
pào huǒ lián tiān
  1. 1 cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
震天价响
zhèn tiān ga xiǎng
  1. 1 an earth-shaking noise (idiom)
余响绕梁
yú xiǎng rào liáng
  1. 1 reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)

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