hǔ dūn pào

Traditional: 虎蹲砲

虎蹲炮 (hǔ dūn pào) is a Chinese word meaning “a short-barreled mortar; an ancient catapult”.

Meanings

  1. 1a short-barreled mortar
  2. 2an ancient catapult

Characters in 虎蹲炮

虎hǔ · tiger蹲cún · (dialect) to sprain one's foot or leg due to a sudden impact or landing炮bāo · to sauté

Related words

蹲(dialect) to sprain one's foot or leg due to a sudden impact or landing蹲to crouch虎tiger老虎tiger炮to sauté炮to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)炮cannon炮variant of 炮[pao4]大炮big gun炮弹artillery shell猛虎fierce tiger迫击炮mortar (weapon)

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