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項莊舞劍 (hong6 zong1 mou5 gim3) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

項莊舞劍 (hong6 zong1 mou5 gim3, Xiàng Zhuāng wǔ jiàn) — 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

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 項 (hong6) — back of neck; item; thing; term (in a mathematical formula); sum (of money); cl…
• 項上人頭 (hong6 soeng6 jan4 tau4) — head; neck (as in "to save one's neck", i.e. one's life)
• 項圈 (hong6 hyun1) — necklace
• 項城 (hong6 sing4) — see 項城市|项城市[Xiang4 cheng2 Shi4]
• 項城市 (hong6 sing4 si5) — Xiangcheng, a county-level city in Zhoukou City 周口市[Zhou1 kou3 Shi4], Henan
• 項目 (hong6 muk6) — item; project; (sports) event

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