项庄舞剑,志在沛公 xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn , zhì zài pèi gōng

attack one while seeming to attack another

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. see xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiànxiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn,意在沛公[Xiang4 Zhuang1 wu3 jian4 , yi4 zai4 Pei4 gong1]

Characters

Character Meaning
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variant of zhuāng; grave or solemn; village
to dance; to wield; to brandish
double-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword
aspiration; ambition; the will
(located) at; (to be) in
abundant; copious
public; fair; just