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劍魚
jiàn yú
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swordfish
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劍魚座
jiàn yú zuò
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Dorado (constellation)
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劍鴴
jiàn héng
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(bird species of China) common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
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劍麻
jiàn má
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sisal hemp
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劍齒虎
jiàn chǐ hǔ
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saber-toothed tiger
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劍龍
jiàn lóng
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stegosaurus
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口蜜腹劍
kǒu mì fù jiàn
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lit. honeyed words, a sword in the belly (idiom); fig. hypocritical and murderous
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唇槍舌劍
chún qiāng shé jiàn
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fight a battle of words;
cross verbal swords
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太極劍
tài jí jiàn
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a kind of traditional Chinese sword-play
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寶劍
bǎo jiàn
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(double-edged) sword;
CL:把[ba3],方[fang1]
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尚方劍
shàng fāng jiàn
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imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers);
in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill
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尚方寶劍
shàng fāng bǎo jiàn
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variant of 尚方劍|尚方剑[shang4 fang1 jian4];
imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers);
in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill
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手裡劍
shǒu lǐ jiàn
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straight or circular throwing-knife used by ninja and samurai (loanword from Japanese 手裏剣 shuriken)
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擊劍
jī jiàn
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fencing (sport)
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擊劍者
jī jiàn zhě
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fencer (i.e. sportsman involved in fencing)
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木劍
mù jiàn
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wooden sword
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琴劍飄零
qín jiàn piāo líng
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floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position
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短劍
duǎn jiàn
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dagger
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舞劍
wǔ jiàn
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to perform a sword-dance
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花劍
huā jiàn
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foil (fencing)
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重劍
zhòng jiàn
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épée (fencing)
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長嘴劍鴴
cháng zuǐ jiàn héng
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(bird species of China) long-billed plover (Charadrius placidus)
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雙刃劍
shuāng rèn jiàn
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double-edged sword (lit. and fig.)
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項莊舞劍
xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn
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lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] (idiom, refers to plot to kill Liu Bang during Feast at Hongmen 鴻門宴|鸿门宴[Hong2 men2 Yan4] in 206 BC);
fig. an elaborate deception hiding malicious intent
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項莊舞劍，志在沛公
xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn ， zhì zài pèi gōng
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see 項莊舞劍，意在沛公|项庄舞剑，意在沛公[Xiang4 Zhuang1 wu3 jian4 , yi4 zai4 Pei4 gong1]
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