剑

jiàn · jian

Traditional 劍 / 劒

Meaning

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jiàn 劍

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

jiàn 劒

  1. variant of 劍 / 剑 (jiàn)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

“爸(bà)爸(ba),这(zhè)是(shì)真(zhēn)的(de)剑(jiàn)吗(ma)?”“当(dāng)然(rán),毕(bì)竟(jìng)这(zhè)是(shì)一(yì)场(chǎng)对(duì)决(jué)。”

"Dad, this a real sword?" "Of course, it is a duel after all."

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by fcbond · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

博(bó)物(wù)馆(guǎn)里(lǐ)陈(chén)列(liè)着(zhe)一(yì)把(bǎ)古(gǔ)代(dài)的(de)剑(jiàn)。

An ancient sword is displayed in the museum.

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