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  • copious
  • abundant
Trad. 顛沛
  • to fall over; to stumble
  • (fig.) to suffer hardship; to be in desperate straits
Trad. 豐沛
  • copious
  • plentiful (of water)
  • surging (of waves)
  • refers to home village of first Han emperor 漢高祖|汉高祖[Han4 Gao1 zu3]
  • fig. majestic
  • Duke of Pei (i.e. 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1])
Trad. 沛縣
  • Pei County or Peixian, a county in Xuzhou City 徐州市[Xu2 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangsu
Trad. 顛沛流離
  • homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight
  • to drift
Trad. 流離顛沛
  • destitute and homeless (idiom); displaced and without means
Trad. 項莊舞劍,志在沛公
  • see 項莊舞劍,意在沛公|项庄舞剑,意在沛公[Xiang4 Zhuang1 wu3 jian4 , yi4 zai4 Pei4 gong1]
Trad. 項莊舞劍,意在沛公
  • lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] (idiom); refers to 206 BC plot to murder Liu Bang, aka Duke of Pei 沛公[Pei4 gong1] and the future Han emperor, during a sword dance at the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴|鸿门宴[Hong2 men2 yan4]
  • an elaborate deception to hide malicious intent

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