一炮打響

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

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Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.

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炮

ba̅o = b + ao1

to sauté / to fry / to dry by heating

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炮

páo = p + ao2

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

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炮

pào = p + ao4

cannon / CL:座[zuo4] / firecracker

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炮 = 包 + 火 : Pinocchio (p) plays with a cannon (炮) in the aorta's bathroom (ao4). He found a very colorful handbag (包) which he puts into his cannon. He then lights a match (火) and fires his cannon, shooting the handbag out of the window.

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炮

砲

pào = p + ao4

variant of 炮[pao4]

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Add a new mnemonic for 砲 = 石 + 包

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打

dá = d + a2

dozen (loanword)

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打

dǎ = d + a3

to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from

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打 = 丁 + 扌 : Don Quixote (d) got lost in the ashram (a3) and is afraid of being beaten (打). He equips himself with a claw (扌) for the left hand and a nail (丁) for the right hand, ready to beat (打) anyone approaching him.

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打

dǎ

响

響

xiǎng

to start shooting or firing / to win an initial success / to succeed (of a plan)

响

響

xiǎng = xi + ang3

echo / sound / noise / to make a sound / to sound / to ring / loud / classifier for noises

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