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Rope dart
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<p>The rope dart or rope javelin (<a href="/facts/Simplified_Chinese_characters/UcAD6xXs">simplified Chinese</a>: 绳镖; <a href="/facts/Traditional_Chinese_characters/bBFLkuz7">traditional Chinese</a>: 繩鏢; <a href="/facts/Pinyin/pUwjfMXg">pinyin</a>: <i>shéng biāo</i>, Japanese: 縄鏢 or 縄標: Jōhyō), is one of the flexible <a href="/facts/Weapons/fV9QfoBh">weapons</a> in <a href="/facts/Chinese_martial_arts/KuosrvwT">Chinese martial arts</a>. Other weapons in this family include the <a href="/facts/Meteor_hammer/dNJLp02x">meteor hammer</a>, <a href="/facts/Flying_claws/fjKqhNle">flying claws</a>, and <a href="/facts/Chain_whip/BASKIyr2">chain whip</a>. It consists of a metal spike attached to the end of a 3–5-metre (10–16 ft) long rope. </p>