炮响

Traditional form:

砲響

Pinyin (reading):

pàoxiǎng

Definitions:

• sound of gunfire
• fig. news of momentous events

Characters:

• 炮 - cannon, artillery
• 响 - to make noise, to make sound; sound

Traditional characters:

• 砲 - gun, cannon
• 響 - to make noise, to make sound; sound