长枪短炮

camera (jocular)

length / long / forever / always / constantly

chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance

surname Qiang

gun / firearm / rifle / spear / thing with shape or function similar to a gun / CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3],桿|杆[gan3],條|条[tiao2],枝[zhi1] / to substitute for another person in a test / to knock / classifier for rifle shots

variant of 槍|枪[qiang1] / rifle / spear

short / brief / to lack / weak point / fault

to sauté / to fry / to dry by heating

to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)

cannon / CL:座[zuo4] / firecracker

variant of 炮[pao4]

pike / CL:支[zhi1]