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项庄舞剑，志在沛公

xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn , zhì zài pèi gōng

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Definitions

  1. 1. 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]

Child Words of 项庄舞剑，志在沛公

项庄舞剑
xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn

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)

沛公
pèi gōng

Duke of Pei (i.e. 劉邦|刘邦[liú bāng])

剑
jiàn

double-edged sword

项
xiàng

back of neck

舞剑
wǔ jiàn

to perform a sword-dance

公
gōng

public

庄
zhuāng

farmstead

沛
pèi

copious

志
zhì

aspiration

舞
wǔ

to dance

在
zài

to exist; to be alive