倚天剑

倚天劍

yǐtiānjiàn

noun

Meanings

1 the Heaven-Reliant Sword
2 a legendary sword long enough to lean against the sky

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

他手中的宝剑，仿佛当年的倚天剑。

Tā shǒuzhōng de bǎojiàn, fǎngfú dāngnián de yǐtiānjiàn.

The sword in his hand was like the legendary Heaven-Reliant Sword.

HSK 7-9

传说中倚天剑和屠龙刀一出，武林必有大乱。

Chuánshuō zhōng yǐtiānjiàn hé túlóng dāo yī chū, wǔlín bì yǒu dà luàn.

In legend, whenever the Heaven-Reliant Sword and the Dragon-Slaying Saber appear, chaos grips the martial world.

Tips

culture

The phrase comes from Song Yu's 《大言赋》: 长剑耿耿倚天外. Jin Yong then made 倚天剑 famous in 《倚天屠龙记》 (The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber), one of the most-adapted wuxia novels in Chinese pop culture.

In Pop Culture

倚天屠龙记 Yǐ tiān Túlóng Jì

The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber

1961 wuxia novel by Jin Yong, adapted into countless TV dramas and films. The sword and saber together are said to hide a secret that can rule the martial world.

Stroke Order

倚 yǐ

天 tiān

剑 jiàn