曲射

qūshè

noun

Meanings

HSK 7-9

曲射的炮弹可以打到山后面的敌人。

Qūshè de pàodàn kěyǐ dǎdào shān hòumian de dírén.

Shells fired on a curved trajectory can hit enemies behind a hill.

HSK 7-9

榴弹炮既能平射，也能曲射。

Liúdànpào jì néng píngshè, yě néng qūshè.

A howitzer can fire both on a flat trajectory and on a curved one.

mistakes

Read 曲 (bent, curved), not 曲 (song). Weapons built for it, like the mortar 迫击炮, are 曲射炮; the opposite is 平射 (flat-trajectory fire).

曲 qǔ

射 shè