兵戎相见

zǎo zài zhè liǎng gè guó jiā chéng wéi dí rén bìng qiě bīng róng xiāng jiàn zhī qián tā men jiān jiù yǒu le yī zhǒng gēn shēn dì gù de zhǒng zú piān jiàn

早在这两个国家成为敌人并且兵戎相见之前，它们间就有了一种根深蒂固的种族偏见。

There was a deep-rooted racial prejudice long before the two countries became rivals and went to war.