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Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
jiàn
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
gim3
Short definition double-edged sword
Usage frequency Common
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All available English definitions double-edged swordMDBG icon/
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: sword
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: samecdic
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: double-edged sword; CL:口[kou3],把[ba3]; classifier for blows of a sword
Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC: (double-edged) sword; falchion; skewer
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: (double-edged) sword'
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克里斯(kè lǐ sī) Chris
扬起(yáng qǐ) to perk up
他的( tā de)
(jiàn) double-edged sword

Chris swung his sword!

我要(wǒyào)
一把( yī bǎ) hancful
(jiàn) double-edged sword

I want a sword!

(cǐ) this
(jiàn) double-edged sword
际遇(jì yù) luck
不凡(bù fán) not ordinary

This sword has a strange history.

恐惧(kǒng jù) dread
比利(bǐ lì) Billy
(jiàn) double-edged sword
(gēng gèng gèng) still
伤人(shāng rén) to injure sb

Fear is more harmful than the sharpest of swords.

爸爸( bà bà) (informal) father
这是(zhèshì)
真的(zhēn de) really
(jiàn) double-edged sword
(ma) (question tag)
? ” “
当然(dāng rán) of course
毕竟(bì jìng) all in all
这是(zhèshì)
一场( yī chǎng)
对决(duì jué) contest
。 ”
"Dad, this a real sword?" "Of course, it is a duel after all."

女人(nv rén) wife
(dedì) of
舌头(shé tóu) tongue
(shì) is
她的( tā de)
(jiàn) double-edged sword

A woman's tongue is her sword.

(bà) stem
(jiàn) double-edged sword
给我( gěi)

Give me the sword.

我的( de) my
(jiàn) double-edged sword
虽然是(suīránshì)
(dùn) blunt
(dedì) of
(dàn) but
应付(yìngfù) to cope
你的(nǐde) your
话是( huà shì)
绰绰有余(chuò chuò yǒu yú) enough and to spare (idiom)
(dedì) of

My sword may be blunt, but that's more than enough for someone like you.

我没有(wǒméiyǒu)
(jiàn) double-edged sword

I don't have a sword.

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