火箭

火箭

1. (historical) fire arrow

   • 昭於是以火箭逆射其雲梯，梯然，梯上人皆燒死。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     昭于是以火箭逆射其云梯，梯然，梯上人皆烧死。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3^rd century CE

     Zhāo yúshì yǐ huǒjiàn nì shè qí yúntī, tī rán, tī shàng rén jiē shāo sǐ. [Pinyin]

     So Zhao shot the scaling ladder back with fire arrows. The ladder was on fire, and everyone on the ladder burned to death.

2. (figurative) rocket (non-guided missile or vehicle propelled by a rocket engine) (shape resembles arrow)

   火箭按用途分為探空火箭和運載火箭。 [MSC, trad.]
   火箭按用途分为探空火箭和运载火箭。 [MSC, simp.]

   Huǒjiàn àn yòngtú fēnwéi tànkōng huǒjiàn hé yùnzài huǒjiàn. [Pinyin]

   Rockets are divided into sounding rockets and launch vehicles according to their purposes.

火箭

1. (Malaysia, colloquial) Democratic Action Party (from the rocket party symbol)

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• “Entry #1290”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
• Chia, Caroline, Hoogervorst, Tom, editors (2021), “Chapter 5 Native Lexical Innovation in Penang Hokkien: Thinking beyond Rojak”, in Sinophone Southeast Asia: Sinitic Voices across the Southern Seas (Chinese Overseas: History, Literature, and Society; 20 [Open Access])‎, Brill, →ISBN, page 178