Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 剑

variant of 劍／剑 (jiàn)

double-edged sword
CL:口 (kǒu),把 (bǎ)
classifier for blows of a sword

fencing
sword-play

fencing (sport)

kendō (sports)

(bird species of China) common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula)

(typography) dagger (†)

swordsmanship

sword blade

sword hilt

dagger

stegosaurus

Jianchuan county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州 ( Dàlǐ Báizúzìzhìzhōu), Yunnan

Jiange county in Guangyuan 廣元／广元 ( Guǎngyuán), Sichuan

épée (fencing)

sharp sword

sword
(fencing) saber

(double-edged) sword
CL:把 (bǎ),方 (fāng)

sisal hemp

Jianhe county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州／黔东南州 ( Qiándōngnánzhōu), Guizhou

sword

swordsman

point
sharp end

foil (fencing)

wooden sword

swordfish

to perform a sword-dance

Cambridge

straight or circular throwing-knife used by ninja and samurai (loanword from Japanese 手裏剣 shuriken)

Jiànchuānxiàn

Jianchuan county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州 ( Dàlǐ Báizúzìzhìzhōu), Yunnan

Jiange county in Guangyuan 廣元／广元 ( Guǎngyuán), Sichuan

fencer (i.e. sportsman involved in fencing)

shàngfāngjiàn

imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers)
in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill

Dorado (constellation)

a kind of traditional Chinese sword-play

(bird species of China) slender-billed scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus superciliaris)

Jianhe county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州／黔东南州 ( Qiándōngnánzhōu), Guizhou

saber-toothed tiger

Liú Jiànfēng

Liu Jianfeng (1936-), second governor of Hainan

shuāngrènjiàn

double-edged sword (lit. and fig.)

Jiàn Zǒupiānfēng

Jian Zoupianfeng, pseudonym of prolific modern novelist

jiànzǒuqīnglíng

the sword moves like a dragon-fly (modern idiom)
fig. unexpected winning move
unconventional gambit

kǒumìfùjiàn

lit. honeyed words, a sword in the belly (idiom); fig. hypocritical and murderous

kèzhōuqiújiàn

lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances

chúnqiāngshéjiàn

(idiom) to cross verbal swords; to have a heated verbal exchange

qínjiànpiāolíng

floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position

shàngfāngbǎojiàn

variant of 尚方劍／尚方剑 (shàngfāngjiàn)
imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers)
in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill

Xiàng Zhuāngwǔjiàn

lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦／刘邦 ( Liú Bāng) (idiom, refers to plot to kill Liu Bang during the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴／鸿门宴 ( Hóngményàn) in 206 BC)
fig. an elaborate deception hiding malicious intent

shàngfāngbǎojiàn

imperial sword (giving bearer plenipotentiary powers)
imperial Chinese version of 007 licensed to kill

dāoguāngjiànyǐng

lit. flash of knives and swords (idiom)
fig. intense conflict

jiànzǒupiānfēng

the sword moves with side stroke (modern idiom)
fig. unexpected winning move
unconventional gambit

chángzuǐjiànhéng

(bird species of China) long-billed plover (Charadrius placidus)

jiànbánǔzhāng

lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility
at daggers drawn

Jiànqiáo Dàxué

University of Cambridge

Xiàng Zhuāngwǔjiàn,yìzài Pèigōng

项庄舞剑，意在沛公

[項莊舞劍，意在沛公]

lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦／刘邦 ( Liú Bāng) (idiom); refers to 206 BC plot to murder Liu Bang, aka Duke of Pei 沛公 ( Pèigōng) and the future Han emperor, during a sword dance at the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴／鸿门宴 ( Hóngményàn)
an elaborate deception to hide malicious intent

Xiàng Zhuāngwǔjiàn,zhìzài Pèigōng

项庄舞剑，志在沛公

[項莊舞劍，志在沛公]

see 項莊舞劍，意在沛公／项庄舞剑，意在沛公 ( Xiàng Zhuāngwǔjiàn,yìzài Pèigōng)