开枪 開槍 kāi qiāng to open fire / to shoot a gun syn 射击 射擊 shè jī to shoot / to fire (a gun) syn 枪击 槍擊 qiāng jī to shoot with a gun / shooting incident syn 扳机 扳機 bān jī (gun) trigger 枪支 槍支 qiāng zhī a gun / guns in general syn 坦克 tǎn kè tank (military vehicle) (loanword) syn 持枪 持槍 chí qiāng to carry a gun syn 大炮 大砲 dà pào big gun / cannon / artillery / one who talks big / CL:門|门[men2],尊[zun1] syn 猎枪 獵槍 liè qiāng hunting gun / shotgun 枪战 槍戰 qiāng zhàn gun battle / firefight 背心 bèi xīn sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc) / CL:件[jian4] syn 枪口 槍口 qiāng kǒu muzzle of a gun 机枪 機槍 jī qiāng machine gun syn 大亨 dà hēng big shot / top gun / superstar / VIP syn 油箱 yóu xiāng oil tank 鱼缸 魚缸 yú gāng fish tank / fishbowl / aquarium 战车 戰車 zhàn chē war chariot / tank 机关枪 機關槍 jī guān qiāng machine gun / also written 機槍|机枪[ji1 qiang1] syn 水箱 shuǐ xiāng water tank / radiator (automobile) / cistern / lavabo 冲锋枪 衝鋒槍 chōng fēng qiāng submachine gun 扫射 掃射 sǎo shè to rake with machine gunfire / to strafe / to machine-gun down 智囊团 智囊團 zhì náng tuán think tank / brain trust 气枪 氣槍 qì qiāng an air gun 打枪 打槍 dǎ qiāng to fire a gun / to substitute for sb in sitting an examination syn 火炮 火砲 huǒ pào cannon / gun / artillery syn 水枪 水槍 shuǐ qiāng water pistol (toy) / water gun / sprinkler / water cannon 枪膛 槍膛 qiāng táng bore of a gun 炮塔 pào tǎ gun turret 枪托 槍托 qiāng tuō butt of a gun / stock 高射炮 gāo shè pào anti-aircraft gun 化粪池 化糞池 huà fèn chí septic tank syn 鸟枪 鳥槍 niǎo qiāng flintlock musket / fowling piece (shotgun) / air gun 重机枪 重機槍 zhòng jī qiāng heavy machine gun 喷枪 噴槍 pēn qiāng spray gun 油船 yóu chuán (oil) tanker / tank ship 水族箱 shuǐ zú xiāng aquarium / fish tank 礼炮 禮炮 lǐ pào gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute) / salvo 外挂 外掛 wài guà attached externally (e.g. fuel tank) / plug-in / add-on / special software used to cheat in an online game 照准 照準 zhào zhǔn request granted (formal usage in old document) / to aim (gun) syn 枪杆 槍桿 qiāng gǎn gun barrel syn 全胜 全勝 quán shèng total victory / to excel by far / name of a tank / slam 罐车 罐車 guàn chē (road) tanker truck / (rail) tank car / tank wagon 轻机枪 輕機槍 qīng jī qiāng light machine gun 射杀 射殺 shè shā to shoot dead (with a gun, or bow and arrow) 枪管 槍管 qiāng guǎn gun barrel 反坦克 fǎn tǎn kè anti-tank 张华 張華 zhāng huà Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician / Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank / other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention 气瓶 氣瓶 qì píng gas cylinder / air bottle / air tank (diving) 主战坦克 zhǔ zhàn tǎn kè main battle tank / battle tank 炮口 pào kǒu gun muzzle / muzzle 装弹 裝彈 zhuāng dàn to charge (ammunition into gun) / to load 反冲 反衝 fǎn chōng recoil (of a gun) / to bounce back / backlash 枪机 槍機 qiāng jī bolt of gun 玩具枪 玩具槍 wán jù qiāng toy gun 上膛 shàng táng roof of the mouth / to load a gun syn 枪杆子 槍桿子 qiāng gǎn zi gun barrel syn 抢跑 搶跑 qiǎng pǎo to jump the gun / to make a false start 搅拌车 攪拌車 agitated tank / agitated vessel 沉淀池 沉澱池 chén diàn chí settling tank 反应锅 反應鍋 fǎn yìng guō (chemical engineering) reaction vessel / reaction tank 滚 滾 gǔn to boil / to roll / to take a hike / Get lost! syn 棍 gùn stick / rod / truncheon / scoundrel / villain syn 栓 shuān bottle stopper / plug / (gun) bolt / (grenade) pin syn 后坐 後坐 hòu zuò recoil (of a gun) / backlash syn 后坐力 後坐力 hòu zuò lì recoil (of a gun) / backlash / reactive force syn 电子枪 電子槍 diàn zǐ qiāng electron beam gun / electron gun 储气罐 儲氣罐 chǔ qì guàn gas tank (for gas, not gasoline) 铳 銃 chòng ancient firearm / gun 辊 輥 gǔn roller 热风枪 熱風槍 rè fēng qiāng heat gun 搅拌罐 攪拌罐 jiǎo bàn guàn agitated tank / agitated vessel 表尺 biǎo chǐ rear sight (of a gun) syn 衮 袞 gǔn imperial robe 鲧 鯀 gǔn Gun, mythical father of Yu the Great 大禹[Da4 Yu3] 绲 緄 gǔn cord / embroidered sash / to sew 磙 gǔn roller / to level with a roller 白 bái white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera syn 反 fǎn contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system syn 白色 bái sè white / fig. reactionary / anti-communist syn 防空 fáng kōng anti-aircraft defense 防腐 fáng fǔ rotproof / antiseptic / anti-corrosion 大写 大寫 dà xiě capital letters / uppercase letters / block letters / banker's anti-fraud numerals syn 防盗 防盜 fáng dào to guard against theft / anti-theft 三合会 三合會 sān hé huì triad, Chinese crime gang / triad society, anti-Manchu secret society in Qing-dynasty China 抗癌 kàng ái anti-cancer 排外 pái wài xenophobic / anti-foreigner syn 防锈 防銹 fáng xiù rust prevention / anti-corrosion 反潜 反潛 fǎn qián anti-submarine / antisubmarine 反共 fǎn gòng anti-communist 抗震 kàng zhèn anti-seismic measures / seismic defenses / earthquake resistant 满清 滿清 mǎn qīng Manchurian Qing (refers to the Qing dynasty, esp. at its decline, or as an anti-Qing slogan) 整风 整風 zhěng fēng Rectification or Rectifying incorrect work styles, Maoist slogan / cf Rectification campaign 整風運動|整风运动, army purge of 1942-44 and anti-rightist purge of 1957 反贪 反貪 fǎn tān anti-corruption (policy) 抗日 kàng rì to resist Japan (esp. during WW2) / anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities) 反恐 fǎn kǒng anti-terrorism / to fight against terrorism 反倾销 反傾銷 fǎn qīng xiāo anti-dumping 防汛 fáng xùn flood control / anti-flood (precautions) syn 反腐败 反腐敗 fǎn fǔ bài to oppose corruption / anti-graft (measures, policy etc) 反腐 fǎn fǔ anti-corruption 