xiàng​zhuāng​wǔ​jiàn​zhì​zài​pèi​gōng

an elaborate deception to hide malicious intent

  1. Xiang Zhuang
    younger cousin of Xiang Yu and military general who famously attempted to assassinate Liu Bang during the Banquet at Hong Gate
  2. to perform a sword dance
    To perform a sword dance, typically as a traditional performance or a form of martial arts exercise.
  3. zhì
    non-Chinese
  4. will
    aspiration; ideal; ambition; the will to achieve something
  5. zài preposition
    [location/time]
    Used as a linker to introduce the time, place, or situation of an action, meaning "at", "in", or "on".
  6. Duke of Pei
    An honorific title for 刘邦 liú​bāng, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty; he was given this name because he began his rebellion in Pei County.