双刃剑 shuāng rèn jiàn — double-edged sword (lit. and fig.)

双刃剑
shuāng rèn jiàn

Characters: 双 · 刃 · 剑

Definitions

  1. double-edged sword (lit. and fig.)

More definitions

CC-CEDICT

  1. double-edged sword (lit. and fig.)

ExtDict

  1. 剑两面都有刃，比喻能同时带来正反两种效果的事物：贸易保护主义是把～，最终对施行者也不利。

Examples

  • 互联网是一把双刃剑。

    The Internet is a double-edged sword.

  • 贸易保护主义是把双刃剑。

    Trade protectionism is a double-edged sword.