炮

连珠炮

lián zhū pào

barrage of gunfire (often used as a metaphor for rapid speech)

重炮

zhòng pào

heavy artillery

野炮

yě pào

field artillery

长枪短炮

cháng qiāng duǎn pào

camera (jocular)

开炮

kāi pào

to open fire

开门炮

kāi mén pào

firecrackers set off at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day (a Chinese tradition)

马后炮

mǎ hòu pào

(fig.) a useless action or comment; sth done after it's too late

高射炮

gāo shè pào

anti-aircraft gun

鸟枪换炮

niǎo qiāng huàn pào

bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously

一炮打响

yī pào dǎ xiǎng

(idiom) to hit the jackpot with a single shot; to achieve success at one's first try

一炮而红

yī pào ér hóng

to win instant success (idiom)

三炮

sān pào

(Northeastern dialect) simple-minded person