軍刀

简 军刀 · 繁 軍刀
Mandarin · pinyin jūn dāo

Meanings

  1. military knife
  2. saber
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軍
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刀
dāo · knife; old coin; measure
军
jūn · army, military; soldiers, troops
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1–1 · jun1 dao1

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gwan1 dou1

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noun

  1. (chiefly Taiwan, fencing) saber

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