Entry
项Xiàng庄Zhuāng舞wǔ剑jiàn，,意yì在zài沛Pèi公gōng

  1. lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] (idiom); refers to 206 BC plot to murder Liu Bang, aka Duke of Pei 沛公[Pei4 gong1] and the future Han emperor, during a sword dance at the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴|鸿门宴[Hong2 men2 yan4]; an elaborate deception to hide malicious intent

    trad. 項莊舞劍，意在沛公

Also written 項莊舞劍，意在沛公【Xiàng Zhuāng wǔ jiàn , yì zài Pèi gōng】

Characters in this word

8
公
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

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)

Pinyin
gōng
Strokes
4
Frequency
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