1 firecracker

1 firecrackers

2 string of small firecrackers

3 classifier: 枚 méi

1 big gun

2 cannon

3 artillery

4 one who talks big

5 trad. form 大炮 also used

6 classifier: 门 mén

7 classifier: 尊 zūn

1 mangosteen

1 to set off firecrackers

1 to win instant success (idiom)

2 to start off successfully

1 to win instant success (idiom)

2 to become an instant hit

1 lose a wheel, tear at the gun (idiom); flustered and confused in a panic

1 like a hot knife through butter (idiom)

2 with irresistible force

1 lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)

2 fig. to follow a set pattern