项庄舞剑

lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] (idiom, refers to plot to kill Liu Bang during the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴|鸿门宴[Hong2 men2 yan4] in 206 BC) / fig. an elaborate deception hiding malicious intent

surname Xiang

back of neck / item / thing / term (in a mathematical formula) / sum (of money) / classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc

variant of 莊|庄[zhuang1]

farmstead / village / manor / place of business / banker (in a gambling game) / grave or solemn / holdings of a landlord (in imperial China)

to dance / to wield / to brandish

to perform a sword-dance

double-edged sword / CL:口[kou3],把[ba3] / classifier for blows of a sword

variant of 劍|剑[jian4]