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Examples:imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers)—lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation—cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool—double-edged sword (both lit. and fig.)—(of a sword etc) unsheath—lit. honeyed words, a sword in the belly (idiom); fig. hypocritical and murderous—Great Sword Society, an offshoot of the White Lotus in the late Qing dynasty, involved in anti-Western activity at the time of the Boxer rebellion—lit. a notch on the side of a boat locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances—the sword moves with side stroke (modern idiom)—classifier for blows of a sword—imperial sword (giving bearer plenipotentiary powers)—blade (of a knife or sword)—a sword. potter's clay. gather—floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position—prefer the pen to the sword—a kind of traditional Chinese sword-play—the sword moves like a dragon-fly (modern idiom)—lay down the pen and take up the sword [idiom.]— |