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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
刀剑
sword
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
sword
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 刀剑 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 刀剑 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The turbulent sands above our heads, the flinging of our swords... they're naught but falling stars in the night sky.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 刀剑.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 刀剑.
Directly before
- 的刀剑1
- 用刀剑1
Directly after
- 刀剑刺向1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 刀剑
What does 刀剑 mean in Chinese?
刀剑 (dāojiàn) means sword.
How do you pronounce 刀剑?
刀剑 is pronounced dāojiàn.
Is 刀剑 an HSK word?
刀剑 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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