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鳥槍換炮

简 鸟枪换炮 · 繁 鳥槍換炮
Mandarin · pinyin niǎo qiāng huàn pào

Meanings

  1. bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously
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Characters in this entry

鳥
niǎo · bird; Kangxi radical 196
槍
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換
huàn · change, exchange; substitute
炮
pào · large gun, cannon; artillery
鸟
niǎo · bird; Kangxi radical 196
枪
qiāng · spear, lance; gun, rifle
换
huàn · change
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Mandarin tones

3–1–4–4 · niao3 qiang1 huan4 pao4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

niu5 coeng1 wun6 paau3

Cantonese word readings for 鳥槍換炮. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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niu5 coeng1 wun6 paau3

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鳥槍換炮 · niao3 qiang1 huan4 pao4
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Exact source record鳥槍換炮 鸟枪换炮 [niao3 qiang1 huan4 pao4] /bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously/