楚漢相爭

see 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[Chu3 Han4 Zhan4 zheng1]

surname Chu / abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] provinces together / Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722-221 BC)

distinct / clear / orderly / pain / suffering / deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) / punishment cane (old)

Han ethnic group / Chinese (language) / the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)

man

each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])

appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)

to vie against one another / to fight each other / mutual aggression

to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary)