kavanin Posted July 20, 2013 at 10:54 AM Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 at 10:54 AM 战国末年, 燕国太子丹为了对付秦国， 就派荆轲携带地图以献地为名去刺杀秦王。 Can you please explain the meaning of the highlighted part? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted July 20, 2013 at 11:08 AM Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 at 11:08 AM Consider - on the pretext of giving land to Qin, sent Jing Ke, bearing maps, to assassinate the King of Qin. PS - 4S's in assassinate!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kavanin Posted July 20, 2013 at 11:17 AM Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 at 11:17 AM So, what is 为名? Something like "in order to name the land to donate"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted July 20, 2013 at 11:26 AM Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 at 11:26 AM 以 ... 為名 = making use of an excuse PS - take a look at Word 15 (it is similar) -> http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/cgi-bin/agrep-lindict?query=%ad%c9&category=wholerecord Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kavanin Posted July 20, 2013 at 11:30 AM Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 at 11:30 AM Excellent! Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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