"Hongmen feast" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
鸿门宴鴻門宴	hóng mén yàn	Hongmen feast / (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest / refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦\|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽\|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3]	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
宴会宴會	yàn huì	banquet / feast / dinner party / CL:席[xi2],個\|个[ge4]	syn
宴席	yàn xí	banquet / feast	syn
酒宴	jiǔ yàn	feast / repose	syn
酒席	jiǔ xí	feast / banquet	syn
犒劳犒勞	kào láo	to reward with food and drink / to feast (sb) / presents of food etc made to troops / Taiwan pr. [kao4 lao4]	syn
大饱眼福大飽眼福	dà bǎo yǎn fú	to feast one's eyes	syn
一饱眼福一飽眼福	yī bǎo yǎn fú	to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
欢宴歡宴	huān yàn	feast / celebration	syn
饱览飽覽	bǎo lǎn	to look intensively / to feast one's eyes on
饱眼福飽眼福	bǎo yǎn fú	to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
喜酒	xǐ jiǔ	wedding feast / liquor drunk at a wedding feast	syn
目不暇接	mù bù xiá jiē	lit. too much for the eye to take in (idiom) / a feast for the eyes	syn
洪门洪門	hóng mén	see 天地會\|天地会[Tian1 di4 hui4]
飨宴饗宴	xiǎng yàn	feast / banquet
宴饮宴飲	yàn yǐn	to wine and dine / to feast / banquet
饮宴飲宴	yǐn yàn	banquet / dinner / drinking party / feast
盛宴	shèng yàn	feast	syn
喜筵	xǐ yán	wedding banquet / congratulatory feast	syn
筵宴筵讌	yán yàn	feast / banquet	syn
觞觴	shāng	feast / goblet	syn
醵	jù	to contribute to a feast / to pool (money)
莚	yán	bamboo mat / feast, banquet
项庄舞剑項莊舞劍	xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn	lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦\|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] (idiom, refers to plot to kill Liu Bang during the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴\|鸿门宴[Hong2 men2 yan4] in 206 BC) / fig. an elaborate deception hiding malicious intent
残茶剩饭殘茶剩飯	cán chá shèng fàn	spoilt tea, leftover food (idiom) / remains after a meal / crumbs from the feast
讌	yàn	variant of 宴 / feast / repose
秀色可餐	xiù sè kě cān	a feast for the eyes (idiom) / (of women) gorgeous / graceful / (of scenery) beautiful
项庄舞剑，意在沛公項莊舞劍，意在沛公	xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn , yì zài pèi 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
餪	nuǎn	send a present of a feast
嘉会嘉會	jiā huì	auspicious occasion / grand feast
歌筵	gē yán	a feast which also has a singing performance
杀牛宰羊殺牛宰羊	shā niú zǎi yáng	slaughter the cattle and butcher the sheep / to prepare a big feast (idiom)
江酌之喜	jiāng zhuó zhī xǐ	feast at the birth of a child
琼筵瓊筵	qióng yán	banquet / elaborate feast
盂兰盆会盂蘭盆會	yú lán pén huì	Feast of All Souls (fifteenth day of seventh lunar month) (Buddhism)
目不暇给目不暇給	mù bù xiá gěi	the eye cannot take it all in (idiom) / too many good things to see / a feast for the eyes
筵上	yán shǎng	feast
筵席捐	yán xí juān	tax on a banquet or feast
素筵	sù yán	vegetarian feast / food offerings to Buddha
绮筵綺筵	qǐ yán	magnificent feast
圣心节聖心節	shèng xīn jié	Feast of the Sacred Heart
芳筵	fāng yán	feast
讌會	yàn huì	variant of 宴會\|宴会, banquet / feast / dinner party
酒筵	jiǔ yán	feast / banquet
满汉全席滿漢全席	mǎn hàn quán xí	the Manchu Han imperial feast, a legendary banquet in the Qing dynasty / (fig.) a sumptuous banquet
一飽眼福	yī bǎo yǎn fú	to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
办酒席辦酒席	bàn jiǔ xí	to prepare a feast
大快朵颐大快朵頤	dà kuài - duǒ yí	(idiom) to eat with great relish / to feast on (sth)	syn
琳琅满目琳瑯滿目	lín láng - mǎn mù	(idiom) to be a feast for the eyes / to be a cornucopia of delights / to be diverse and abundant	syn
目不暇给目不暇給	mù bù xiá jǐ	lit. the eye cannot take it all in (idiom) / fig. too many good things to see / a feast for the eyes

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"Hongmen feast" Chinese-English Dictionary

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