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项庄舞剑,志在沛公

see 項莊舞劍,意在沛公|项庄舞剑,意在沛公[Xiang4 Zhuang1 wu3 jian4 , yi4 zai4 Pei4 gong1]

Characters and words in 项庄舞剑,志在沛公

xiàng = xi + ang4
xiàng = xi + ang4
back of neck / item / thing / term (in a mathematical formula) / sum (of money) / classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc
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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
zhuāng = zhu + ang1
variant of 莊|庄[zhuang1]
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zhuāng = zhu + ang1
farmstead / village / manor / place of business / banker (in a gambling game) / grave or solemn / holdings of a landlord (in imperial China)
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= w + Ø3
to dance / to wield / to brandish
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to perform a sword-dance
jiàn = ji + an4
double-edged sword / CL:口[kou3],把[ba3] / classifier for blows of a sword
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jiàn = ji + an4
zhì = zh + Ø4
aspiration / ambition / the will
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zhì = zh + Ø4
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zài = z + ai4
to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
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pèi = p + ei4
Duke of Pei (i.e. 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1])
gōng = gu + (e)ng1
public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)
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