炮火连天

炮火連天
pàohuǒ-liántiān
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 gunfire fills the sky
  2. 2 fierce fighting; a land at war

Examples

HSK 6
Nàshí dàochù pàohuǒ-liántiān, lǎobǎixìng zhǐhǎo sìchù táonàn.
In those days gunfire filled the sky everywhere, and ordinary people had to flee in all directions.
HSK 7-9
Zài pàohuǒ-liántiān de zhànchǎng shàng, jìzhě mào zhe shēngmìng wēixiǎn pāixià le zhè zhāng zhàopiàn.
Amid the heavy fire on the battlefield, the reporter risked his life to take this photo.

Tips

usage
连天 after a noun means filling the sky or stretching to the horizon, as in 芳草连天 'grass to the horizon'. The phrase describes a city or a whole country at war as well as a single battle.

Stroke Order

炮 pào
火 huǒ
连 lián
天 tiān