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槍林彈雨 (coeng1 lam4 daan6 jyu5) — to be under heavy fire; surrounded by a forest of guns and hail of bullets in Cantonese

coengˉ¹槍lamˎ₄林daanˍ₆彈jyuˏ₅雨
简 枪林弹雨
Mandarin Pinyin: qiang1 lin2 dan4 yu3

Meaning of 槍林彈雨

nounto be under heavy fire; surrounded by a forest of guns and hail of bullets
nounfierce battle (idiom)

Characters in 槍林彈雨

槍coeng1
spear; lance; javelin
林lam4
circles; many; numerous; a great body of (capable persons, etc.)
彈daan2
elasticity; spring; stretch
雨jyu5
rain; rainy

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