煙幕彈

Chinese

		smokescreen	bullet; shot; ball bullet; shot; ball; to play (a stringed instrument); to pluck a string; impeach
trad. (煙幕彈)		煙幕	彈
simp. (烟幕弹)		烟幕	弹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yānmùdàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ ㄇㄨˋ ㄉㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin¹ mok⁶ daan^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yānmùdàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ㄇㄨˋ ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yanmùdàn
    • Wade–Giles: yen¹-mu⁴-tan⁴
    • Yale: yān-mù-dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianmuhdann
    • Palladius: яньмудань (janʹmudanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn⁵⁵ mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ tän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin¹ mok⁶ daan^6-2
    • Yale: yīn mohk dáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin¹ mok⁹ daan^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin¹ mog⁶ dan^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn⁵⁵ mɔːk̚² taːn²²⁻³⁵/

Noun

煙幕彈

1. (military or figuratively) smoke bomb

   • 他們的所謂「不求擴大」的宣傳，不過是掩護其進攻的煙幕彈。 [MSC, trad.]
     他们的所谓「不求扩大」的宣传，不过是掩护其进攻的烟幕弹。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Tāmen de suǒwèi “bù qiú kuòdà” de xuānchuán, bùguò shì yǎnhù qí jìngōng de yānmùdàn. [Pinyin]

     Their propaganda that they have "no desire to aggravate the situation" is only a smokescreen for further attacks.