发射 發射 fā shè to shoot (a projectile) / to fire (a rocket) / to launch / to emit (a particle) / to discharge / emanation / emission syn 起飞 起飛 qǐ fēi (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off / to lift off / (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly syn 火箭 huǒ jiàn rocket / CL:枚[mei2] syn 大炮 大砲 dà pào big gun / cannon / artillery / one who talks big / CL:門|门[men2],尊[zun1] syn 炮弹 炮彈 pào dàn artillery shell / CL:枚[mei2] 冲天 沖天 chōng tiān to soar / to rocket syn 火箭筒 huǒ jiàn tǒng bazooka / rocket launcher syn 炮火 pào huǒ artillery barrage / gunfire syn 火炮 火砲 huǒ pào cannon / gun / artillery syn 炮兵 pào bīng artillery soldier / gunner 炮手 砲手 pào shǒu gunner / artillery crew 尾翼 wěi yì empennage (of an aircraft) / fletching (of an arrow) / fins (of a missile, rocket etc) / rear spoiler (of a car) syn 火箭弹 火箭彈 huǒ jiàn dàn rocket (artillery) 打炮 dǎ pào to open fire with artillery / to set off firecrackers / to make one's stage debut / (slang) to have sex / to masturbate syn 重炮 重砲 zhòng pào heavy artillery 运载火箭 運載火箭 yùn zài huǒ jiàn carrier rocket syn 火箭发动机 火箭發動機 huǒ jiàn fā dòng jī rocket engine / rocket motor 野炮 yě pào field artillery 德雷福斯 dé léi fú sī Dreyfus (name) / Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), French artillery officer of Alsatian and Jewish background, infamously imprisoned 1894 in miscarriage of justice 推进剂 推進劑 tuī jìn jì propellant / rocket fuel 卡秋莎 kǎ qiū shā Katyusha (name) / name of a Russian wartime song / nickname of a rocket launcher used by the Red Army in WWII / also written 喀秋莎 自行火炮 zì xíng huǒ pào self-propelled artillery 炮战 炮戰 pào zhàn artillery bombardment / artillery battle 反火箭炮、火炮与迫击炮系统 反火箭炮、火炮與迫擊炮系統 counter rocket, artillery, and mortar 惊飞 驚飛 jīng fēi to go off like a rocket / to rocket 气象火箭 qì xiàng huǒ jiàn meteorological rocket / sounding rocket 多管火箭炮系统 多管火箭炮系統 multiple-launch rocket system / multiple rocket launcher system 曹刚川 曹剛川 cáo gāng chuān Cao Gangchuan (1935-), former artillery officer, senior PRC politician and army leader 子母炮弹 子母炮彈 zǐ mǔ pào dàn artillery cluster bomb 砲兵 pào bīng artillery soldier / gunner / also written 炮兵 炮位测定设备 炮位測定設備 pào wèi cè dìng shè bèi artillery locating equipment 炮位测定雷达 炮位測定雷達 pào wèi cè dìng léi dá artillery locating equipment 轻型高射炮 輕型高射炮 light air defence artillery 炮击计划表 炮擊計劃表 artillery fire plan table 小钢炮 小鋼砲 xiǎo gāng pào (coll.) piece of light artillery such as a mortar / (fig.) person who speaks boldly and frankly / hot hatch (car) / (also used figuratively with various meanings in other contexts) 核火箭发动机 核火箭發動機 hé huǒ jiàn fā dòng jī nuclear rocket engine 亚利安娜 亞利安娜 yà lì ān nà Ariane (French space rocket) 大浦洞 dà pǔ dòng Taepodong, North Korean rocket series 大浦洞二 dà pǔ dòng èr Taepodong 2, North Korean rocket 大浦洞二号 大浦洞二號 dà pǔ dòng èr hào Taepodong 2, North Korean rocket 火箭燃料 huǒ jiàn rán liào rocket fuel 发射站 發射站 fā shè zhàn launch pad (for rocket or projectile) 火箭发射器 火箭發射器 huǒ jiàn fā shè qì rocket launcher 火箭技术 火箭技術 huǒ jiàn jì shù rocket technology 助推火箭 zhù tuī huǒ jiàn booster rocket 土造火箭 tǔ zào huǒ jiàn crude rocket 空地火箭 air-to-ground rocket 控制火箭 kòng zhì huǒ jiàn control rocket 喀秋莎火箭 Katyusha rocket / Katyusha 先进固体燃料火箭发动机 Advanced Solid Rocket Motor 固体火箭 gù tǐ huǒ jiàn solid rocket 空间处理技术应用火箭 Space Processing Applications Rocket 卡萨姆火箭弹 Qassam rocket 火箭攻击 火箭攻擊 huǒ jiàn gōng jī rocket fire 溷合推进剂火箭发动机 混合推進劑火箭發動機 hybrid propellant motor / hybrid propellant rocket engine 固体推进剂火箭 固体推進劑火箭 gù tǐ tuī jìn jì huǒ jiàn solid propellant rocket 低温火箭推进剂 低溫火箭推進劑 dī wēn huǒ jiàn tuī jìn jì cryogenic rocket propellant 低温推进剂 低溫推進劑 dī wēn tuī jìn jì cryogenic rocket propellant 欧洲探空火箭发射场 歐洲探空火箭發射場 European Sounding Rocket Launching Range 固体燃料火箭助推器 gù tǐ rán liào huǒ jiàn zhù tuī qì solid rocket booster 分离式火箭 分離式火箭 separation rocket 重新设计的固体燃料火箭助推器 重新設計的固體燃料火箭助推器 redesigned solid rocket booster 火箭榴弹 火箭榴彈 rocket-propelled grenade / propelled grenade 反坦克火箭发射器 反坦克火箭發射器 anti-tank rocket launcher / bazooka 美洲实验气象探空火箭网 美洲實驗氣象探空火箭網 Inter-American Experimental Meteorological Sounding Rocket Network 火箭增程弹 火箭增程彈 rocket assisted projectile 无控火箭 無控火箭 free rocket 火箭弹头 火箭彈頭 rocket warhead 反潜火箭 反潛火箭 anti-submarine rocket 便携式反坦克导弹和反坦克火箭系统 便攜式反坦克導彈和反坦克火箭系統 portable launcher of anti-tank missile and rocket systems 舞水端里 wǔ shuǐ duān lǐ Musudan-ri, North Korean rocket launch site in North Hamgyeong Province 咸鏡北道|咸镜北道[Xian2 jing4 bei3 dao4] 喀秋莎 kā qiū shā Katyusha (name) / name of a Russian wartime song / nickname of a rocket launcher used by the Red Army in WWII syn 火箭推进榴弹 火箭推進榴彈 huǒ jiàn tuī jìn liú dàn rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) 助推 zhù tuī (aerospace) to boost / booster (rocket) / (behavioral economics) to nudge 火箭军 火箭軍 huǒ jiàn jūn Rocket Force, branch of the PLA responsible for tactical and strategic missiles 芝麻菜 zhī ma cài (botany) arugula / rocket / roquette (subspecies Eruca vesicaria sativa)