刀光剑影
Traditional form:
刀光劍影
Pinyin (reading):
dāoguāngjiànyǐng
Definitions:
- lit. flash of knives and swords (idiom)
- fig. intense conflict
Characters:
- 刀 - knife; old coin; measure
- 光 - light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
- 剑 - sword, dagger, saber
- 影 - shadow; image, reflection; photograph
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