Liǎng guó zhōngyú bīngróngxiāngjiàn.
The two countries finally came to blows.
Ruò tánpàn pòliè, kǒngpà zhǐnéng bīngróngxiāngjiàn.
If talks collapse, they may have no choice but to go to war.
Xīrì méngyǒu rújīn bīngróngxiāngjiàn.
Former allies are now at each other's throats.
