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铳

Character · NounTraditional銃

old-fashioned firearm

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

old-fashioned firearm; blunderbuss; musket

archaic

Refers to early smoothbore firearms, such as matchlock or flintlock guns, used in China before modern rifles. It is now an archaic or historical term.

Bó博
wù物
guǎn馆
lǐ里
chén陈
liè列
zhe着
yī一
bǎ把
Míng明
dài代
de的
huǒ火
chòng铳
 。

A Ming Dynasty fire lance (blunderbuss) is displayed in the museum.

Gǔ古
dài代
liè猎
rén人
huì会
yòng用
niǎo鸟
chòng铳
dǎ打
liè猎
 。

Ancient hunters used birding guns (fowling pieces) for hunting.

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Zhè这
bǎ把
chòng铳
yǐ已
jīng经
xiù锈
jì迹
bān斑
bān斑
 ，
bù不
néng能
yòng用
le了
 。

This old musket is rusty and can no longer be used.