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项庄舞剑

xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn

Definitions

  1. 1. 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)
  2. 2. fig. an elaborate deception hiding malicious intent

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Words Containing 项庄舞剑

项庄舞剑，志在沛公
xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn , zhì zài pèi gōng

see 項莊舞劍，意在沛公|项庄舞剑，意在沛公[xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn , yì zài pèi gōng]

项庄舞剑，意在沛公
xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn , yì zài pèi gōng

lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[liú bāng] (idiom); refers to 206 BC plot to murder Liu Bang, aka Duke of Pei 沛公[pèi gōng] and the future Han emperor, during a sword dance at the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴|鸿门宴[hóng mén yàn]

Child Words of 项庄舞剑

剑
jiàn

double-edged sword

舞
wǔ

to dance

项
xiàng

back of neck

舞剑
wǔ jiàn

to perform a sword-dance

庄
zhuāng

farmstead