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Definition(s) for: 刀光剑影

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
刀光剑影 dāo guāng jiàn yǐng - lit. flash of knives and swords (idiom)
- fig. intense conflict

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 51,796 47,052 43,729

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
dāo- surname Dao
dāo- knife
- blade
- single-edged sword
- cutlass
- CL:把[ba3]
- (slang) dollar (loanword)
- classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper)
- classifier for knife cuts or stabs
guāng- light; ray (CL:道[dao4])
- bright; shiny
- only; merely
- used up; finished
- to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
jiàn- double-edged sword
- CL:口[kou3],把[ba3]
- classifier for blows of a sword
jiàn- variant of 劍|剑[jian4]
yǐng- picture
- image
- film
- movie
- photograph
- reflection
- shadow
- trace

Other Words Containing 刀光剑影

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
刀光剑影 - - 51,796 47,052 43,729