项 | xiàng | back of neck; item; thing; term (in a mathematical formula); sum (of money); classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc; surname Xiang |
项目 | xiàng mù | item; project; sports event; CL:个 |
项城 | Xiàng chéng | Xiangcheng county level city in Zhoukou 周口, Henan |
项羽 | Xiàng Yǔ | Xiangyu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor |
项链 | xiàng liàn | necklace; CL:条 |
项上人头 | xiàng shàng rén tóu | head; neck (as in "to save one's neck", i.e. one's life) |
项圈 | xiàng quān | necklace |
项城市 | Xiàng chéng shì | Xiangcheng county level city in Zhoukou 周口, Henan |
项目管理 | xiàng mù guǎn lǐ | project management |
项英 | Xiàng Yīng | Xiang Ying (1898-1941), communist general involved in forming the New Fourth Army 新四軍, killed in 1941 during the New Fourth Army incident 皖南事变 |
项庄舞剑 | Xiàng Zhuāng wǔ jiàn | lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 刘邦 (idiom, refers to plot to kill Liu Bang during Feast at Hongmen 鸿门宴 in 206 BC); an elaborate deception hiding malicious intent |
项庄舞剑, 志在沛公 | Xiàng Zhuāng wǔ jiàn , zhì zài Pèi Gōng | lit. Xiangzhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 刘邦 (idiom); refers to 206 BC plot to murder Liu Bang 刘邦, Duke of Pei 沛公 and future Han emperor, during a sword dance at Feast at Hongmen 鸿门宴; an elaborate deception to hide malicious intent |
项庄舞剑, 意在沛公 | Xiàng Zhuāng wǔ jiàn , yì zài Pèi Gōng | lit. Xiangzhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 刘邦 (idiom); refers to 206 BC plot to murder Liu Bang 刘邦, Duke of Pei 沛公 and future Han emperor, during a sword dance at Feast at Hongmen 鸿门宴; an elaborate deception to hide malicious intent |
项颈 | xiàng jǐng | back of neck |