Jian The jian or jien is a straight Chinese double-edge sword.

A double-edge sword was called a geom while a single-edged sword was called a do.

(That sounds like it could be a double-edge sword.)

Class and gender-discrimination wound like a double-edge sword.

But energy can be a double-edge sword.

Professional integrity can indeed be a double-edge sword.

Major Sharp called it "a double-edge sword - losing dollars and gaining more needy."

"That's that double-edge sword," Quinn said.

Addressing the challenge facing midwifery education is, perhaps, a double-edge sword.

Although curved blades had been used in India since ancient times, the straight khanda (double-edge sword) had enjoyed greater popularity until then.