枪林弹雨

槍林彈雨

qiānglín-dànyǔ

idiom #23,902

Meanings

1 hail of bullets
2 fierce gunfire
3 a storm of bullets

Characters

Examples

战士们在枪林弹雨中冲锋陷阵。

Zhànshì men zài qiānglíndànyǔ zhōng chōngfēngxiànzhèn.

The soldiers charged forward through a hail of bullets.

他在枪林弹雨中救出了战友。

Tā zài qiānglíndànyǔ zhōng jiù chū le zhànyǒu.

He rescued his comrade amid fierce gunfire.

Tips

memory

Picture the battlefield: 枪 (guns) form a 林 (forest), and 弹 (bullets) fall like 雨 (rain). A forest of guns, a rain of bullets — the literal image makes the intensity vivid.

Stroke Order

枪 qiāng

林 lín

弹 dàn

雨 yǔ