"Gunpowder" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 火药 | huǒ yào | gunpowder |   |
| 火药味 | huǒ yào wèi | smell of gunpowder / (fig.) combative tone / belligerence | |
| 四大发明 | sì dà fā míng | the four great Chinese inventions: paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder | |
| 火药味甚浓 | huǒ yào wèi shèn nóng | strong smell of gunpowder / fig. tense situation / standoff | |
| 珠茶 | zhū chá | gunpowder tea, Chinese green tea whose leaves are each formed into a small pellet | |
| 吃枪药 | chī qiāng yào | (lit.) to have swallowed gunpowder / (fig.) to be ablaze with anger / ornery / snappy | |
