1 to make a choice (between several alternatives)

2 a choice

3 an option

4 an alternative

1 surname Xiang

1 matter

2 item

1 special

2 dedicated

1 award

2 prize

3 classifier: 项 xiàng

1 to stand on tiptoe and crane one's neck (idiom); fig. to yearn for sth

1 to extend one's neck in preparation for execution (idiom)

1 lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] (idiom, refers to plot to kill Liu Bang during Feast at Hongmen 鴻門宴|鸿门宴[Hóng mén Yàn] in 206 BC)

2 fig. an elaborate deception hiding malicious intent

1 lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] (idiom); refers to 206 BC plot to murder Liu Bang, aka Duke of Pei 沛公[Pèi gōng] and the future Han emperor, during a sword dance at Feast at Hongmen 鴻門宴|鸿门宴[Hóng mén Yàn]

2 an elaborate deception to hide malicious intent