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鸟枪换炮

niǎo qiāng huàn pào

4-character word Traditional 鳥槍換炮

What 鸟枪换炮 means

1. bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously

The characters in 鸟枪换炮

• 鸟niǎobird; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196)…
• 枪qiānggun; firearm; rifle
• 换huànto exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute
• 炮pàocannon; firecracker

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