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"feast, banquet" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
莚 yán bamboo mat / feast, banquet
Chinese Pinyin Translation
宴会 宴會 yàn huì banquet / feast / dinner party / CL:席[xi2],個|个[ge4] syn
晚宴 wǎn yàn banquet / dinner party / soiree
大餐 dà cān sumptuous meal / banquet
应酬 應酬 yìng chou to engage in social activities / to socialize / dinner party / banquet / social engagement syn
宴席 yàn xí banquet / feast syn
午宴 wǔ yàn lunch banquet syn
饭局 飯局 fàn jú dinner party / banquet
赴宴 fù yàn to attend a banquet
酒宴 jiǔ yàn feast / repose syn
即席 jí xí impromptu / improvised / to take one's seat (at a banquet etc) syn
酒席 jiǔ xí feast / banquet syn
筵席 yán xí banquet / mat for sitting 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
设宴 設宴 shè yàn to host a banquet syn
国宴 國宴 guó yàn state banquet syn
一饱眼福 一飽眼福 yī bǎo yǎn fú to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
喜宴 xǐ yàn wedding banquet syn
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
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
饕餮 tāo tiè ferocious mythological animal, the fifth son of the dragon king / zoomorphic mask motif, found on Shang and Zhou ritual bronzes / gluttonous / sumptuous (banquet) 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
座席 zuò xí seat (at banquet) / by ext. guest of honor syn
坐席 zuò xí seat (at a banquet) / to attend a banquet syn
祭酒 jì jiǔ to offer a libation / person who performs the libation before a banquet / senior member of a profession / important government post in imperial China
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
赴 fù to go / to visit (e.g. another country) / to attend (a banquet etc) syn
盛宴 shèng yàn feast syn
喜筵 xǐ yán wedding banquet / congratulatory feast syn
满盘 滿盤 mǎn pán a plateful / comprehensive / the full works (e.g. a banquet) / the full price
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)
座无虚席 座無虛席 zuò wú xū xí lit. a banquet with no empty seats / full house / capacity crowd / standing room only syn
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
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
秀色可餐 xiù sè kě cān a feast for the eyes (idiom) / (of women) gorgeous / graceful / (of scenery) beautiful
杯酒释兵权 杯酒釋兵權 bēi jiǔ shì bīng quán to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups / cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces
办桌 辦桌 bàn zhuō (Tw) to hold a banquet / to provide catering / catering / banquet / roadside banquet (Taiwanese-style banquet, typically held under large tents in the street, to celebrate special occasions)
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
琼筵 瓊筵 qióng yán banquet / elaborate feast
筵席捐 yán xí juān tax on a banquet or feast
讌會 yàn huì variant of 宴會|宴会, banquet / feast / dinner party
酒筵 jiǔ yán feast / banquet
公宴 gōng yàn banquet hosted by an organization to honor a distinguished figure / to host such a banquet
宴客 yàn kè to host a banquet / guest at a banquet
吃席 chī xí to attend a banquet (funeral, wedding etc) / (neologism c. 2020) (slang) (jocular) lit. to attend sb's funeral banquet (used to imply that things are going to go badly for sb)
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
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
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
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
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
别筵 別筵 bié yán farewell banquet
寿筵 壽筵 shòu yán birthday banquet
折箩 折籮 zhē luó mixed dish of the food left over from a banquet
折冲樽俎 折衝樽俎 zhé chōng zūn zǔ lit. to stop the enemy at the banquet table / fig. to get the better of an enemy during diplomatic functions syn
散席 sàn xí end of a banquet
盛筵 shèng yán grand banquet
蟠桃胜会 蟠桃勝會 pán táo shèng huì a victory banquet to taste the peaches of immortality of Goddess Xi Wangmu 西王母
逃席 táo xí to leave a banquet (without taking one's leave)
还席 還席 huán xí to offer a return banquet
酸奶节 酸奶節 suān nǎi jié Lhasa Shoton festival or yogurt banquet, from first of July of Tibetan calendar
开筵 開筵 kāi yán to host a banquet
雪顿 雪頓 xuě dùn Lhasa Shoton festival or yogurt banquet, from first of July of Tibetan calendar
雪顿节 雪頓節 xuě dùn jié Lhasa Shoton festival or yogurt banquet, from first of July of Tibetan calendar
饕餮大餐 tāo tiè dà cān great meal fit for dragon's son (idiom) / sumptuous banquet
千里搭长棚，没有不散的宴席 千里搭長棚，沒有不散的宴席 qiān lǐ dā cháng péng , méi yǒu bù sàn de yàn xí even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)
投壶 投壺 tóu hú ancient banquet game of throwing arrows into a pot, the winner determined by the number of arrows thrown in, and the loser required to drink as punishment
流水席 liú shuǐ xí banquet where guests arrive at various times and are served with food as they arrive
公燕 gōng yàn banquet held for high-ranking imperial or feudal officials
款宴 kuǎn yàn to host a banquet
谢师宴 謝師宴 xiè shī yàn banquet hosted by students in honor of their teachers
邀宴 yāo yàn to invite sb to a banquet
餐宴 cān yàn banquet
春酒 chūn jiǔ banquet to celebrate the Spring Festival / wine made in spring and kept until winter, or made in winter and kept until spring
作陪 zuò péi to attend (a banquet etc) to keep a chief guest company syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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