jiàn zǒu qīng líng

Traditional: 劍走蜻蛉

剑走蜻蛉 (jiàn zǒu qīng líng) is a Chinese word meaning “the sword moves like a dragon-fly (modern idiom); fig. unexpected winning move; unconventional gambit”.

Meanings

  1. 1the sword moves like a dragon-fly (modern idiom)
  2. 2fig. unexpected winning move
  3. 3unconventional gambit

Characters in 剑走蜻蛉

剑jiàn · double-edged sword走zǒu · to walk蜻qīng · see 蜻蜓[qing1 ting2]蛉líng · sandfly

Related words

走to walk带走to carry; to take away拿走to take away走开to leave; to walk away; to beat it剑double-edged sword剑variant of 劍|剑[jian4]走运to have good luck; to be in luck逃走to escape走廊corridor; aisle; hallway; passageway; veranda走路to walk; to go on foot赶走to drive out抢走to snatch (esp related to a robbery)

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