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
- 剑函(劍函) sword sheath
- 剑德(劍德) self-restraint
- 刻舟求剑(刻舟求劍) an action made pointless by changed circumstances
- 利剑(利劍) sharp sword
- 枪刀剑戟(槍刀劍戟) guns, knives, swords, and spears; weapons
- 双刃剑(雙刃劍) double-edged sword
- 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
- 刀剑(刀劍) a sword
- 剑侠(劍俠) a chivalrous swordsman
- 契舟求剑(契舟求劍) to look for a sword from a notch in a boat
- 剑鱼(劍魚) swordfish
- 剑客(劍客) fencer
- 花剑(花劍) foil
- 剑走偏锋(劍走偏鋒) the sword moves with side stroke / unexpected winning move ; Jian Zoupianfeng
- 剑术(劍術) swordsmanship ; fencing
- 短剑(短劍) dagger
- 太极剑(太極劍) a kind of traditional Chinese sword-play
- 剑麻(劍麻) sisal hemp
- 雄剑(雄劍) a sharp sword
- 剑舞(劍舞) sword dance
- 剑锋(劍鋒) tip of a sword
- 剑道(劍道) kendō
- 仗剑(仗劍) to hold a sword; to rely on force
- 剑龙(劍龍) stegosaurus
- 借剑杀人(借劍殺人) to lend a sword to kill; to use somebody to do dirty work
- 剑仙(劍仙) a master swordsman
- 剑气珠光(劍氣珠光) vigorous as a sword and bright as a pearl
- 仙剑(仙劍) magical sword
- 剑身(劍身) sword blade
- 剑尖(劍尖) point; sharp end
- 剑嘴鹛(劍嘴鶥) slender-billed scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus superciliaris)
- 琴剑飘零(琴劍飄零) floating between zither and sword; wandering aimlessly with no tenured position
- 长嘴剑鸻(長嘴劍鴴) long-billed plover (Charadrius placidus)
- 木剑(木劍) wooden sword
- 上方宝剑(上方寶劍) imperial sword (giving bearer plenipotentiary powers)
- 求剑刻舟(求劍刻舟) to look for a sword from a notch in a boat
- 舞剑(舞劍) to perform a sword-dance
- 项庄舞剑(項莊舞劍) Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance
- 剑鸻(劍鴴) common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
- 剑法(劍法) fencing; sword-play
- 佩剑(佩劍) a saber ; a dagger
Also contained in
剑浮沙 、 剑河 、 剑桥大学 、 剑河县 、 剑阁 、 剑川县 、 剑南道 、 剑弗陵 、 剑阁县 、 巴陵吹毛剑
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Truncated for common words
- 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
- 卷三十五 Scroll 35 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 24
- 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
- 卷五十二 志第二十一: 禮志五 Volume 52 Treatises 22: Rites 5 History of Liao 遼史 — 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: 14
- 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: 9
- 剑戟 (劍戟) 以當劍戟 — Guanzi 管子, 禁藏第五十三 Chapter 53: Jin Cang — 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 持剑 (持劍) 子路持劍 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷五 貴德 Chapter 5: Valuing Virtue — count: 4
- 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
- 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