meaning for 火药 huǒyào:

  • - gunpowder

tāmen他们
zhèngzài正在
chóngfù重复
fāmíng发明
èrbǎinián二百年
qián
zhōngguórén中国人
yǐjīng已经
fāmíng发明
de
huǒyào火药

They were reinventing the powder which had been invented by Chinese people two hundred years ago.