liǎng​miàn​rèn

double-edged sword

  • created reference approved 两面刃/兩面刃 → 双刃剑/雙刃劍 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    两面刃 / 兩面刃 liǎng​miàn​rèn

    双刃剑 / 雙刃劍 shuāng​rèn​jiàn

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 两面刃/兩面刃 · liǎng​miàn​rèn · double-edged sword — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    两面刃 / 兩面刃

    liǎng​miàn​rèn

    double-edged sword

    double-edged sword; something that has both favorable and unfavorable consequences

    两面 (literal) → 两面/兩面 · liǎng​miàn · both sides 刃 (literal) → 刃 · rèn · blade edge

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense