三炮
三炮 sān pào ㄙㄢ ㄆㄠˋ saam1 paau3
- (Northeastern dialect) simple-minded person
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More words with these characters
三
- 三维三維 sān wéi ㄙㄢ ㄨㄟˊ saam1 wai4 three-dimensional
- 三角 sān jiǎo ㄙㄢ ㄐㄧㄠˇ saam1 gok3 triangle
- 再三 zài sān ㄗㄞˋ ㄙㄢ zoi3 saam1 over and over again
- 三明治 sān míng zhì ㄙㄢ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄓˋ saam1 ming4 zi6 (loanword) sandwich
- 三角形 sān jiǎo xíng ㄙㄢ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ saam1 gok3 jing4 triangle
- 三番五次 sān fān wǔ cì ㄙㄢ ㄈㄢ ㄨˇ ㄘˋ saam1 faan1 ng5 ci3 over and over again (idiom)
炮
- 鞭炮 biān pào ㄅㄧㄢ ㄆㄠˋ bin1 paau3 firecrackers
- 马后炮馬後炮 mǎ hòu pào ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄡˋ ㄆㄠˋ maa5 hau6 paau3 (Chinese chess) moving the cannon after moving the horse away
- 嘴炮 zuǐ pào ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄆㄠˋ zeoi2 paau3 (Internet slang) to mouth off
- 大炮大砲 dà pào ㄉㄚˋ ㄆㄠˋ daai6 paau3 big gun
- 娘炮 niáng pào ㄋㄧㄤˊ ㄆㄠˋ noeng4 paau3 (slang) effeminate man
- 山炮 shān pào ㄕㄢ ㄆㄠˋ saan1 paau3 mountain gun (portable artillery piece used in mountainous terrain)
Idioms with these characters
- 巴三览四巴三覽四 bā sān lǎn sì ㄅㄚ ㄙㄢ ㄌㄢˇ ㄙˋ baa1 saam1 laam5 sei3 to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
- 不三不四 bù sān bù sì ㄅㄨˋ ㄙㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄙˋ bat1 saam1 bat1 sei3 (idiom) dubious; shady; neither one thing nor the other; neither fish nor fowl; nondescript
- 垂涎三尺 chuí xián sān chǐ ㄔㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄢ ㄔˇ seoi4 jin4 saam1 cek3 to drool (over) (idiom)
- 隔三差五 gé sān chà wǔ ㄍㄜˊ ㄙㄢ ㄔㄚˋ ㄨˇ gaak3 saam1 caa1 ng5 (idiom) every few days; every once in a while
- 货比三家貨比三家 huò bǐ sān jiā ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄧˇ ㄙㄢ ㄐㄧㄚ fo3 bei2 saam1 gaa1 to shop around (idiom)
- 丢轮扯炮丟輪扯砲 diū lún chě pào ㄉㄧㄡ ㄌㄨㄣˊ ㄔㄜˇ ㄆㄠˋ diu1 leon4 ce2 paau3 (idiom) flustered
- 放马后炮放馬後炮 fàng mǎ hòu pào ㄈㄤˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄡˋ ㄆㄠˋ fong3 maa5 hau6 paau3 to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom); to act too late to be effective
- 鸟枪换炮鳥槍換炮 niǎo qiāng huàn pào ㄋㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄧㄤ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄆㄠˋ niu5 coeng1 wun6 paau3 bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously
- 炮火连天砲火連天 pào huǒ lián tiān ㄆㄠˋ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄢ paau3 fo2 lin4 tin1 cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
- 如法炮制如法炮製 rú fǎ páo zhì ㄖㄨˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄆㄠˊ ㄓˋ jyu4 faat3 paau4 zai3 lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)