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炮

bāo / páo / pào / pào
HSK 6

English Meaning

(bāo) to sauté; to fry; to dry by heating | (páo) to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan) | (pào) cannon; firecracker | (pào) variant of 炮

Authentic Cinema Dialogue 3 CURATED EVIDENCE CLIPS
他们就这样给我 白白地当炮灰吗
HSK 6 00:02
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💡 INTENT:

“I will not let my men die pointlessly for nothing; someone must answer for this.”

1. PREVIOUS

那六千兄弟是不是自己人

“Were those 6,000 brothers not his own?”

“Did they just let them become cannon fodder for nothing?”

3. NEXT

这事不算完

“This is not over.”

《八千里路云和月》 · crisis_and_conflict
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我们明明知道炮火不如他们 为什么还要在这里
HSK 6 00:04
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💡 INTENT:

“This order is completely absurd and will get us all slaughtered for nothing.”

1. PREVIOUS

攻击我们

“to attack us,”

“knowing our firepower is inferior, why do we still deploy”

3. NEXT

部署大量的兵力呢

“a large number of troops here?”

《八千里路云和月》 · crisis_and_conflict
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叫我把那炮筒子里的火药 冷𪨊(使劲)了加
HSK 6 00:02
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💡 INTENT:

“I was just doing what I was told; it was their reckless advice that caused the catastrophe.”

1. PREVIOUS

当初也不知道谁跟我说的 人有多大胆 地有多大产

“Who said that the land's yield is limited only by human audacity”

“and told me to stuff that cannon barrel with gunpowder?”

3. NEXT

把人炸死了

“It killed someone”

《主角》 · daily_life
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