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Chinese dictionary
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n.scabbard; sheath; cover of a knife or sword
拔剑出鞘
draw a sword out of its sheath
她的剑仍在鞘中。
Her sword was still in its sheath.
他丢开了鞘，决心战斗到底。
He threw away the scabbard and decided to fight to the end.
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n.sheath-shaped thing
Words and phrases with 鞘
Word usage
- NoteWhen pronounced as "qiào", "鞘" refers to the hard sheath of knives and swords, and things that resemble a sheath; when pronounced as "shāo", it has the same sound and meaning as the word "梢", but "鞘" refers to the thin leather strip at the end of the whip.