开炮 (kāi pào) — (literal) to open fire with artillery, to fire a cannon; (figurative) to launch harsh criticism at someone
Definition
开炮 literally means to fire a cannon / open fire with artillery; figuratively it means to launch harsh, direct criticism at someone. The figurative sense is common in news and political commentary.
verb
(literal) to open fire with artilleryto fire a cannon(figurative) to launch harsh criticism at someone
Examples
- 。Dí rén xiàng wǒ men kāi le yí pào.The enemy fired a cannon at us.
- 开炮。Tā zài huì shàng kāi pào pī píng le lǐng dǎo.He launched criticism at the boss during the meeting.
- 开炮。Pào bīng bù duì zhèng zài kāi pào.The artillery unit is opening fire.
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