lit. flash of knives and swords (idiom); fig. intense conflict
trad. 刀光劍影
Also written 刀光劍影【dāo guāng jiàn yǐng】
Characters in this word
4刀
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surname Dao
- Pinyin
- Dāo
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 1717 of 2500
光
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light; ray (CL:道[dao4]), bright; shiny, only; merely, used up; finished, to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
- Pinyin
- guāng
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1998 of 2500
剑
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double-edged sword, CL:口[kou3],把[ba3], classifier for blows of a sword
- Pinyin
- jiàn
- Traditional
- 劍
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2582 of 2500
影
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picture, image, film, movie, photograph, reflection, shadow, trace
- Pinyin
- yǐng
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 13143 of 2500