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炮擊

简炮击 · 繁炮擊

Mandarin · pinyin pào jī

to shell
to bombard
bombardment

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炮: pào · large gun, cannon; artillery
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击: jī · strike, hit, beat; attack, fight

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4–1 · pao4 ji1

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verb

to bombard (with artillery fire or shelling)

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