糖衣炮弹 tángyīpàodàn sugar-coated bullet Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 糖衣 tángyī sugarcoating a layer of sugar coating on tablets or pills to mask a bitter taste; (figurative) a sweet exterior used to disguise something unpleasant or harmful炮弹 炮彈 pàodàn artillery shell artillery shell; cannonball; ammunition fired from a large gun