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 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 较量 較量 jiào liàng to pit oneself against sb / to compete with sb / contest / battle / to haggle / to quibble 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 机关枪 機關槍 jī guān qiāng machine gun / also written 機槍|机枪[ji1 qiang1] syn 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 牢笼 牢籠 láo lóng cage / trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals) / fig. bonds (of wrong ideas) / shackles (of past misconceptions) / to trap / to shackle syn 气枪 氣槍 qì qiāng an air gun 火坑 huǒ kēng pit of fire / fig. living hell syn 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 采石场 採石場 cǎi shí chǎng stone pit / quarry 沙坑 shā kēng sandbox / jumping pit (athletics) / sand trap, bunker (golf) 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 无底洞 無底洞 wú dǐ dòng bottomless pit 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 茅坑 máo kēng latrine pit / latrine syn 喷枪 噴槍 pēn qiāng spray gun 心口 xīn kǒu pit of the stomach / solar plexus / words and thoughts syn 坑洞 kēng dòng hole / pit / pothole 泥坑 ní kēng mud pit / mire / morass syn 礼炮 禮炮 lǐ pào gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute) / salvo 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 蝮蛇 fù shé Siberian pit viper (Gloydius halys) / pit viper 轻机枪 輕機槍 qīng jī qiāng light machine gun 矿车 礦車 kuàng chē miner's cart / pit truck 井下 jǐng xià underground / in the pit (mining) 射杀 射殺 shè shā to shoot dead (with a gun, or bow and arrow) 枪管 槍管 qiāng guǎn gun barrel 深潭 shēn tán deep natural pond / deep pit / abyss 炮口 pào kǒu gun muzzle / muzzle 矿场 礦場 kuàng chǎng a mine / pit 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 赛车女郎 賽車女郎 sài chē nǚ láng pit babe / paddock girl / grid girl 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 火塘 huǒ táng indoor fire pit 反坦克炮 anti-tank gun 滚 滾 gǔn to boil / to roll / to take a hike / Get lost! syn 窝 窩 wō nest / pit or hollow on the human body / lair / den / place / to harbor or shelter / to hold in check / to bend / classifier for litters and broods syn 棍 gùn stick / rod / truncheon / scoundrel / villain syn 坎 埳 kǎn old variant of 坎[kan3] / pit / hole syn 栓 shuān bottle stopper / plug / (gun) bolt / (grenade) pin syn 潭 tán deep pool / pond / pit (dialect) / depression 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 铳 銃 chòng ancient firearm / gun 辊 輥 gǔn roller 探井 tàn jǐng (mining) test pit / exploratory shaft / test well 硐 dòng variant of 洞[dong4] / cave / pit 白花蛇 bái huā shé long-nosed pit viper (agkistrodon acutus) syn 陷坑 xiàn kēng pitfall / pit as animal trap syn 热风枪 熱風槍 rè fēng qiāng heat gun 欲壑难填 慾壑難填 yù hè nán tián bottomless pit of desire (idiom) / insatiable greed / carnal cravings are never satisfied and are a main obstruction on the path to enlightenment syn 表尺 biǎo chǐ rear sight (of a gun) syn 五步蛇 wǔ bù shé Deinagkistrodon acutus, a species of venomous pit viper, aka five-pace viper (i.e. can grow to five paces) syn 衮 袞 gǔn imperial robe 鲧 鯀 gǔn Gun, mythical father of Yu the Great 大禹[Da4 Yu3] 凼 dàng pool / pit / ditch / cesspit 绲 緄 gǔn cord / embroidered sash / to sew 磙 gǔn roller / to level with a roller 腘 膕 guó knee pit / popliteal fossa (medicine) 膛线 膛線 táng xiàn rifling (helical grooves inside the barrel of a gun) 枪栓 槍栓 qiāng shuān gun bolt 来复线 來復線 lái fù xiàn rifling (spiral lines on inside of gun barrel imparting spin to the bullet) 墓坑 mù kēng tomb pit 加特林 jiā tè lín Gatling (name) / Richard J. Gatling (1818-1903), inventor of the Gatling gun 坜 壢 lì hole, pit 鯀 gǔn variant of 鮌|鲧 / Gun, mythical father of Yu the Great 大禹 避坑落井 bì kēng luò jǐng to dodge a pit only to fall into a well (idiom) / out of the frying pan into the fire syn 重机关枪 重機關槍 zhòng jī guān qiāng also written 重機槍|重机枪 / heavy machine gun 枪法型核武器 槍法型核武器 gun-type nuclear weapon / gun-type weapon / gun assembly type weapon 俑坑 yǒng kēng pit with funerary figures / pit containing terracotta warriors 干坑式厕所 dry-pit latrine / dry pit 射钉枪 射釘槍 shè dīng qiāng nail gun / stud gun 等离子体枪 plasma spray gun / plasma gun PK机枪 pkjī qiāng PK machine gun / PKM machine gun 电子束枪 電子束槍 electron beam gun / electron gun 