| 沛县 | [ peì xiàn ] Pei county in Xuzhou 徐州[Xu2 zhou1], Jiangsu |
| ⇒ 流离颠沛 | [ liú lí diān peì ] destitute and homeless (idiom); displaced and without means |
| ⇒ 丰沛 | [ fēng peì ] 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 |
| ⇒ 项庄舞剑，志在沛公 | [ xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn zhì zaì peì gōng ] 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] |
| ⇒ 项庄舞剑，意在沛公 | [ xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn yì zaì peì gōng ] 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 |
| ⇒ 颠沛 | [ diān peì ] destitute, difficulty, hardship, trouble |
| ⇒ 颠沛流离 | [ diān peì liú lí ] homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight, to drift |