pào​huī

cannon fodder

炮灰 pào​huī
cannon fodder
soldiers forced into a war and sacrificed for a cause; more generally, someone treated as expendable in a high-risk situation
cannon ashes
the ashes or debris remaining after an artillery shell explodes

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.510 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
1.11 per million

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