sabre-rattling; smell powder; the glint and flash of daggers and swords ❍ 人们从他们 “和平”帷幕后面看到的，正是他们竭力争夺欧洲的～。What one saw behind the veil of “peace”put up by them was the sabre-rattling of their fierce scramble in Europe.
刀光剑影dāo ɡuānɡ jiàn yǐnɡ
形容激烈的厮杀场面或杀机。the glint and the flash of cold steel, smell powder, at the point of the sword, sabre-rattling, flashing with knives and swords