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大 炮

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n.heavy artillery; cannon; artillery; big gun
- liù mén dà pào kāi huǒ le
  六门大炮开火了。
  Six cannons opened fire.
- yī mén dà pào
  一门大炮
  a piece of artillery
- tā men gěi dà pào zhuāng shang pào dàn
  他们给大炮装上炮弹。
  They charged the cannon with shot.
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n.infmlmetabraggart; opinionated person; one who speaks boastfully or forcefully; one who noisily overstates things
- tā shuō huà kǒu wú zhē lán zǒng fàng dà pào
  他说话口无遮拦，总放大炮。
  He speaks freely and always braggarts.

common measure word
"大炮" is often matched with measure word "门"or"尊".
- 一门大炮
  one cannon
- 一尊大炮
  one cannon

大炮