剑 (劍) jiàn
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jiàn
noun
double-edged sword; dagger; saber
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '劍'; Guoyu '劍' n 1; Kroll 2015 '劍' 1, p. 198; Mathews 1931 '劍', p. 117; Unihan '劍'; Wikipedia '劍') -
jiàn
measure word
a wound or kill with a sword
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '劍' n 2; Kroll 2015 '劍' 2, p. 198)
Contained in
- 剑仙(劍仙) a master swordsman
- 尚方剑(尚方劍) imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers)
- 舞剑(舞劍) to perform a sword-dance
- 伏剑(伏劍) to fall on the sword
- 剑气珠光(劍氣珠光) vigorous as a sword and bright as a pearl
- 刻舟求剑(刻舟求劍) an action made pointless by changed circumstances
- 剑术(劍術) swordsmanship ; fencing
- 剑拔弩张(劍拔弩張) with swords drawn and bows bent; a state of mutual hostility; at daggers drawn
- 木剑(木劍) wooden sword
- 双剑(雙劍) two swords; a dilemma
- 刀剑(刀劍) a sword
- 仙剑(仙劍) magical sword
- 佩剑(佩劍) a saber ; a dagger
- 击剑(擊劍) fencing ; to fight with swords ; swordsmanship
- 短剑(短劍) dagger
- 剑柄(劍柄) sword hilt
- 唇枪舌剑(唇槍舌劍) fight a battle of words; cross verbal swords
- 剑鱼座(劍魚座) Dorado
- 铳剑(銃劍) bayonet
- 剑走偏锋(劍走偏鋒) the sword moves with side stroke / unexpected winning move ; Jian Zoupianfeng
- 按剑(按劍) grasp a sword
- 剑鱼(劍魚) swordfish
- 仗剑(仗劍) to hold a sword; to rely on force
- 剑道(劍道) kendō
- 剑尖(劍尖) point; sharp end
- 琴剑飘零(琴劍飄零) floating between zither and sword; wandering aimlessly with no tenured position
- 剑德(劍德) self-restraint
- 枪刀剑戟(槍刀劍戟) guns, knives, swords, and spears; weapons
- 剑舞(劍舞) sword dance
- 剑侠(劍俠) a chivalrous swordsman
- 剑麻(劍麻) sisal hemp
- 项庄舞剑，意在沛公(項莊舞劍，意在沛公) Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang
- 求剑刻舟(求劍刻舟) to look for a sword from a notch in a boat
- 双刃剑(雙刃劍) double-edged sword
- 太极剑(太極劍) a kind of traditional Chinese sword-play
- 剑嘴鹛(劍嘴鶥) slender-billed scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus superciliaris)
- 剑函(劍函) sword sheath
- 宝剑(寶劍) a precious double-edged sword
- 剑龙(劍龍) stegosaurus
Also contained in
剑川 、 刘剑峰 、 剑阁县 、 剑桥大学 、 剑桥 、 一喝如金刚王宝剑 、 金刚王宝剑 、 剑阁 、 活人剑 、 剑河 、 剑南 、 剑南道
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- 卷11 志第6 禮儀六 Volume 11 Treatises 6: Rites 6 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 47
- 《說劍》 Delight in the Sword-fight Zhuangzi 莊子 — count: 38
- 卷12 志第7 禮儀七 Volume 12 Treatises 7: Rites 7 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 31
- 卷二百二十四下 列傳第一百四十九下 叛臣下 Volume 224b Biographies 149b: Treasonous Ministers 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 24
- 卷三十五 Scroll 35 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 24
- 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 20
- 卷七十九 志第二十九: 輿服二 Volume 79 Treatises 32: Carriages and Clothes 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 18
- 卷十一 越絕外傳記寶劍第十三 Scroll 11 Yue Jue Shu 越絕書 — count: 17
- 卷三十六 列傳第六 衞瓘 張華 Volume 36 Biographies 6: Wei Guan; Zhang Hua Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 16
- 卷四十六 Scroll 46 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 15
Collocations
- 带剑 (帶劍) 仆者右帶劍 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《少儀》 Smaller Rules of Demeanour — count: 15
- 私剑 (私劍) 以私劍而窮之 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 孤憤第十一 Chapter 11: Cynicism — count: 5
- 抽剑 (抽劍) 大子抽劍斷鞅 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
- 剑戟 (劍戟) 以當劍戟 — Guanzi 管子, 禁藏第五十三 Chapter 53: Jin Cang — count: 5
- 戈剑 (戈劍) 取戈劍者 — Mozi 墨子, 卷五 非攻上 Book 5 - Condemnation of Offensive War I — count: 4
- 好剑 (好劍) 莒子庚輿虐而好劍 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
- 持剑 (持劍) 子路持劍 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷五 貴德 Chapter 5: Valuing Virtue — count: 4
- 拔剑 (拔劍) 何故拔劍於君所 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 4
- 弓剑 (弓劍) 受弓劍者以袂 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 3
- 说剑 (說劍) 使其從者說劍而入 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 3