刀光剑影(dāo guāng jiàn yǐng): lit. flash of knives and swords (idiom)
4 charactersTrad. 刀光劍影
lit. flash of knives and swords (idiom)
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- dāo guāng jiàn yǐng
- Meaning
- lit. flash of knives and swords (idiom)
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 刀光劍影
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 刀光剑影 — tap one to open its word page.
yī一dāo刀liǎng两duàn断
(idiom) to make a clean break with; to have nothing more to do with
yī一dāo刀qiè切
lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom); to impose uniformity
jiè借dāo刀shā杀rén人
to lend sb a knife to kill sb
liǎng两lèi肋chā插dāo刀
(lit.) to take knives in both sides (idiom)
liǎng两miàn面sān三dāo刀
two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross
dāo刀guāng光xuè血yǐng影
massacre
dāo刀jù具
cutting tool
dāo刀rèn刃
knife blade
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