枪杆 (qiāng gān) — gun barrel; shaft of a spear; (figurative) armed force; military power
Definition
Literally 'gun barrel/shaft,' but 枪杆子 almost always means the armed force that wields them — i.e., military power, the gun as political tool. Echoes Mao's famous phrase 枪杆子里面出政权.
noun
gun barrelshaft of a spear(figurative) armed forcemilitary power
Measure word · 根
Examples
- 枪杆。Lì shǐ shàng hěn duō zhèng quán dōu shì kào qiāng gān zi dǎ chū lái de.Many regimes in history were established through armed force.
- 枪杆。Tā xiě le yì piān guān yú qiāng gān zi lǐ miàn chū zhèng quán de wén zhāng.He wrote an article about power coming from the barrel of a gun.
- ，枪杆。Gé mìng chū qī, tā men shǒu lǐ zhǐ yǒu jǐ zhī lǎo qiāng gān.In the early days of the revolution, they only had a few old guns in their hands.
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