项庄舞剑，志在沛公

xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn , zhì zài pèi gōng

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Définitions

  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]

Mots composant 项庄舞剑，志在沛公

公
gōng

public

剑
jiàn

double-edged sword

在
zài

to exist; to be alive

舞
wǔ

to dance

项
xiàng

back of neck

志
zhì

aspiration

沛
pèi

copious

沛公
pèi gōng

Duke of Pei (i.e. 劉邦|刘邦[liú bāng])

舞剑
wǔ jiàn

to perform a sword-dance

庄
zhuāng

farmstead

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)