Usage of the character 沛
pèi
沛
[沛]
- copious
- abundant
diānpèi
颠沛
[顛沛]
- to fall over; to stumble
- (fig.) to suffer hardship; to be in desperate straits
Pèixiàn
沛县
[沛縣]
- Pei county in Xuzhou 徐州 ( Xúzhōu), Jiangsu
chōngpèi
充沛
[充沛]
- abundant; plentiful
fēngpèi
丰沛
[豐沛]
- copious
- plentiful (of water)
- surging (of waves)
- refers to home village of first Han emperor 漢高祖／汉高祖 ( Hàn Gāozǔ)
- fig. majestic
Pèigōng
沛公
[沛公]
- Duke of Pei (i.e. 劉邦／刘邦 ( Liú Bāng))
liúlídiānpèi
流离颠沛
[流離顛沛]
- destitute and homeless (idiom); displaced and without means
Awàngqǔpèi
阿旺曲沛
[阿旺曲沛]
- Ngawang Choepel (Tibetan, Fulbright scholar)
jīnglìchōngpèi
精力充沛
[精力充沛]
- vigorous
- energetic
diānpèiliúlí
颠沛流离
[顛沛流離]
- homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight
- to drift
Xiàng Zhuāngwǔjiàn,zhìzài Pèigōng
项庄舞剑，志在沛公
[項莊舞劍，志在沛公]
- see 項莊舞劍，意在沛公／项庄舞剑，意在沛公 ( Xiàng Zhuāngwǔjiàn,yìzài Pèigōng)
Xiàng Zhuāngwǔjiàn,yìzài Pèigōng
项庄舞剑，意在沛公
[項莊舞劍，意在沛公]
- lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦／刘邦 ( Liú Bāng) (idiom); refers to 206 BC plot to murder Liu Bang, aka Duke of Pei 沛公 ( Pèigōng) and the future Han emperor, during a sword dance at the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴／鸿门宴 ( Hóngményàn)
- an elaborate deception to hide malicious intent