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项庄舞剑
xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn
Definitions
- •lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[liú bāng] (idiom, refers to plot to kill Liu Bang during the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴|鸿门宴[hóng mén yàn] in 206 BC)
- •fig. an elaborate deception hiding malicious intent