放鞭炮

fàngbiānpào
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to set off firecrackers

Examples

Chúxī yè quánjiā rén yīqǐ fàng biānpào.
On New Year's Eve the whole family sets off firecrackers together.
Chéng lǐ hěn duō dìfang xiànzài jìnzhǐ fàng biānpào.
Many parts of cities now ban setting off firecrackers.

Tips

culture
Traditional reason: the noise scares off the monster and bad luck. Modern reality: Beijing and many major cities restricted or banned firecrackers in the 1990s–2000s over air quality and fire safety — reversals in recent years have partly relaxed the ban in outer districts.

Stroke Order

fàng
biān
pào