糖衣炮弹

táng yī pào dàn

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Definitions

  1. 1. sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting bourgeois influences

Child Words of 糖衣炮弹

弹
dàn

crossball

弹
tán

to flick

炮
bāo

to sauté

炮
páo

to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)

炮
pào

cannon

糖
táng

sugar

炮弹
pào dàn

artillery shell

糖衣
táng yī

frosting or icing (on cakes etc)

衣
yī

clothes

衣
yì

to dress