Xiàng Yǔ
Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor
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 escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiangyu 項羽|项羽
xiāng yù
to meet
to encounter
to come across
Xiāng yǔ
Xiang (Hunanese) dialect spoken in Hunan Province
míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng
lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei river 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiangyu 項羽|项羽 of Chu); fig. fein one thing while doing another
to cheat under cover of a diversion
Chǔ Hàn zhàn zhēng
the war of 206-202 BC between Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 of Han and Xiangyu 項羽|项羽 of Chu
xiàng yú
lit. to face the corner (idiom)
fig. to miss out on sth
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