鸟枪换炮
niǎo​qiāng​huàn​pào

to upgrade significantly

  • created sense approved 鸟枪换炮/鳥槍換炮 · niǎo​qiāng​huàn​pào · to upgrade significantly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鸟枪换炮 / 鳥槍換炮

    niǎo​qiāng​huàn​pào

    to upgrade significantly

    literally meaning a shotgun is replaced by a cannon; describes a situation where equipment, conditions, or tools have been improved enormously

    鸟枪 (literal) → 鸟枪/鳥槍 · niǎo​qiāng · fowling piece 换 (literal) → 换/換 · huàn · to exchange 炮 (literal) → 炮 · pào · cannon

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

    created sense