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"Gunpowder" refers to "火药"(Huo Yao, Huo pronounces the falling-rising tone and Yao pronounces the falling tone) in Chinese. It is one of the four great inventions of the ancient Chinese people. It is said that gunpowder has already existed for more than one thousand year.

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