dāng​tóu​pào

cannon on the central line

  • created sense approved 当头炮/當頭炮 · dāng​tóu​pào · cannon on the central line — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    当头炮 / 當頭炮

    dāng​tóu​pào

    cannon on the central line

    In Chinese chess, placing the cannon on the central line directly facing the opponent's general.

    当头 (literal) → 当头/當頭 · dāng​tóu · head-on 炮 (literal) → 炮 · pào · cannon

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  • created sense approved 当头炮/當頭炮 · dāng​tóu​pào · direct criticism — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    当头炮 / 當頭炮

    dāng​tóu​pào

    direct criticism

    Direct or blunt criticism; a frontal attack with words.

    当头 (literal) → 当头/當頭 · dāng​tóu · head-on 炮 (literal) → 炮 · pào · cannon

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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