created sense approved 震天雷 · zhèntiānléi · shatter-heaven thunder — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
震天雷
zhèntiānléi
shatter-heaven thunder
An early explosive weapon consisting of an iron casing filled with gunpowder and a fuse, used from the late Northern Song through the Jin and Yuan dynasties; it could be launched by a catapult or thrown by hand and was known for its thunderous sound and armor-piercing shrapnel.
震天 (literal) → 震天 · zhèntiān · ear-splitting 雷 (literal) → 雷 · léi · thunder
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