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击剑

jī jiàn

2-character word Traditional 擊劍

What 击剑 means

1. fencing (sport)

The characters in 击剑

• 击jīto hit; to strike; to break
• 剑jiàndouble-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword

Sounds the same

Read jī jiàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 几谏to admonish tactfully

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