开枪 (kāi qiāng) — to fire a gun; to shoot

Definition

Separable verb meaning 'to fire a gun / shoot'. 枪 is a measure for shots (开了三枪 = fired three shots); the verb splits before 了 and quantifiers.

verb
to fire a gunto shoot

Examples

  • 开枪
    Jǐng chá mìng lìng tā bú yào kāi qiāng.
    The police ordered him not to shoot.
  • Tā cháo tiān kōng kāi le sān qiāng.
    He fired three shots into the sky.
  • 开枪
    Tā dì yī cì kāi qiāng shí hěn jǐn zhāng.
    He was very nervous the first time he fired a gun.

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