鸿门宴
Hóng mén Yàn
Pinyin

Definition

鸿门宴
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Hóng mén Yàn
  1. Feast at Hongmen
  2. (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest
  3. refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (18)

盛宴
shèng yàn
  1. 1 feast
喜宴
xǐ yàn
  1. 1 wedding banquet
婚宴
hūn yàn
  1. 1 wedding reception
宴席
yàn xí
  1. 1 banquet
  2. 2 feast
宴会
yàn huì
  1. 1 banquet
  2. 2 feast
  3. 3 dinner party
  4. 4 CL:席[xí],個|个[gè]
宴请
yàn qǐng
  1. 1 to entertain (for dinner)
  2. 2 to invite to dinner
晚宴
wǎn yàn
  1. 1 banquet
  2. 2 dinner party
  3. 3 soiree
鸿门宴
Hóng mén Yàn
  1. 1 Feast at Hongmen
  2. 2 (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest
  3. 3 refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ]
午宴
wǔ yàn
  1. 1 lunch banquet
卡宴
Kǎ yàn
  1. 1 Cayenne, capital of French Guiana
国宴
guó yàn
  1. 1 state banquet
宴
yàn
  1. 1 feast
  2. 2 repose
宴会厅
yàn huì tīng
  1. 1 ballroom
  2. 2 banqueting hall
欢宴
huān yàn
  1. 1 feast
  2. 2 celebration
赴宴
fù yàn
  1. 1 to attend a banquet
酒宴
jiǔ yàn
  1. 1 feast
  2. 2 repose
饮宴
yǐn yàn
  1. 1 banquet
  2. 2 dinner
  3. 3 drinking party
  4. 4 feast
飨宴
xiǎng yàn
  1. 1 feast
  2. 2 banquet

Idioms (1)

千里搭长棚，没有不散的宴席
qiān lǐ dā cháng péng , méi yǒu bù sàn de yàn xí
  1. 1 even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)

Sample Sentences

这倒也是！那真是一场鸿门宴呐...不过，假如你活在那个世界，你觉得你会比较像哪一个角色呢？
zhè dào yě shì ！nà zhēn shì yī chǎng hóngményàn na ...bùguò ，jiǎrú nǐ huó zài nàge shìjiè ，nǐ juéde nǐ huì bǐjiào xiàng nǎ yī ge juésè ne ？
That's true! That was really like the Feast of Hongmen. Anyway, if you lived in that world, which character do you think you'd be like?
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泰国菜？很贵的。说吧，是不是又要叫我办什么事？鸿门宴我可不去啊。
Tàiguó cài ？hěn guì de 。shuō ba ，shì bu shì yòu yào jiào wǒ bàn shénme shì ？hóngményàn wǒ kě bù qù a 。
Thai food? That's expensive. What, do you want me to do something again? I'm not going to fall for your trap.
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