礼炮 (lǐ pào) — gun salute; salvo (ceremonial firing of cannons or guns)

Definition

Examples

• 国庆节那天，天安门广场响起了礼炮。
  Guó qìng jié nà tiān, tiān ān mén guǎng chǎng xiǎng qǐ le lǐ pào.
  On National Day, gun salutes rang out in Tiananmen Square.
• 迎接外国元首时，通常会鸣放二十一响礼炮。
  Yíng jiē wài guó yuán shǒu shí, tōng cháng huì míng fàng èr shí yī xiǎng lǐ pào.
  When welcoming a foreign head of state, a 21-gun salute is usually fired.
• 婚礼上放的礼炮声音很大。
  Hūn lǐ shàng fàng de lǐ pào shēng yīn hěn dà.
  The gun salute at the wedding was very loud.