刀光剑影 — Chinese idiom
刀光剑影
dāo guāng jiàn yǐng
Traditional: 刀光劍影
Meaning
- lit. flash of knives and swords
- fig. intense conflict
Character by character
- 刀dāoknife; old coin; measure
- 光guānglight; bright, brilliant; only, merely
- 剑jiànsword, dagger, saber
- 影yǐngshadow; image, reflection; photograph
Idioms sharing a character
- 一刀两断 yī dāo liǎng duàn
- 借刀杀人 jiè dāo shā rén
- 两肋插刀 liǎng lèi chā dāo
- 两面三刀 liǎng miàn sān dāo
- 刀山火海 dāo shān huǒ hǎi
- 刀枪不入 dāo qiāng bù rù
- 刀枪剑戟 dāo qiāng jiàn jǐ
- 刀锯斧钺 dāo jù fǔ yuè
- 千刀万剐 qiān dāo wàn guǎ
- 单刀直入 dān dāo zhí rù
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