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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 項莊舞劍 [ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄓㄨㄤ ㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ; xiang4 zhuang1 wu3 jian4]
 lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦[ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄅㄤ; liu2 bang1] (idiom, refers to plot to kill Liu Bang during Feast at Hongmen 鴻門宴[ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄣˊ ㄧㄢˋ; hong2 men2 yan4] in 206 BC); an elaborate deception hiding malicious intent
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