Xiàng Yǔ
Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor
bà wáng bié jī
Xiang Yu bids farewell to his favorite concubine (classic subject)
Farewell my concubine (film by Chen Kaige)
xiāng yù
to meet
to encounter
to come across
Xiāng yǔ
Xiang (Hunanese) dialect spoken in Hunan Province
àn dù Chén cāng
lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu)
fig. to feign one thing while doing another
to cheat under cover of a diversion
Hóng mén Yàn
Feast at Hongmen
(fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest
refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3]
xiàng yú
lit. to face the corner (idiom)
fig. to miss out on sth
míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng
lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu)
fig. to feign one thing while doing another
to cheat under cover of a diversion
Chǔ Hàn Zhàn zhēng
Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BC), power struggle between Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] of Han and Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu
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