项庄舞剑
Traditional form:
項莊舞劍
Pinyin (reading):
Xiàng Zhuāngwǔjiàn
Definitions:
- 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 ( Hóngményàn) in 206 BC)
- fig. an elaborate deception hiding malicious intent
Characters:
- 项 - neck, nape; item; a term in an equation
- 庄 - village, hamlet; villa, manor
- 舞 - to dance; to brandish
- 剑 - sword, dagger, saber
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