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"sumptuous banquet" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
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
饕餮大餐 tāo tiè dà cān great meal fit for dragon's son (idiom) / sumptuous 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
丰盛 豐盛 fēng shèng rich / sumptuous syn
奢华 奢華 shē huá luxurious / sumptuous / lavish syn
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
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
华贵 華貴 huá guì sumptuous / luxurious syn
富丽堂皇 富麗堂皇 fù lì táng huáng (idiom) (of houses etc) sumptuous syn
设宴 設宴 shè yàn to host a banquet syn
国宴 國宴 guó yàn state banquet syn
喜宴 xǐ yàn wedding banquet 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
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
喜筵 xǐ yán wedding banquet / congratulatory feast syn
打牙祭 dǎ yá jì to have a large and sumptuous meal (traditionally on the 1st and 15th of each month) 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
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
莚 yán bamboo mat / feast, banquet
山珍海错 山珍海錯 shān zhēn hǎi cuò rarities from the mountain and the sea (idiom) / fig. a sumptuous spread of food delicacies
琼楼玉宇 瓊樓玉宇 qióng lóu yù yǔ bejeweled jade palace (idiom) / sumptuous dwelling
酒池肉林 jiǔ chí ròu lín lakes of wine and forests of meat (idiom) / debauchery / sumptuous entertainment syn
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)
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)
奢丽 奢麗 shē lì sumptuous / a luxury
奢泰 shē tài extravagant / sumptuous / wasteful
牙祭 yá jì a good meal / sumptuous food
书中自有黄金屋，书中自有颜如玉 書中自有黃金屋，書中自有顏如玉 shū zhōng zì yǒu huáng jīn wū , shū zhōng zì yǒu yán rú yù lit. in books are sumptuous houses and graceful ladies (proverb) / fig. be diligent in your studies, success and glory will follow
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
琼筵 瓊筵 qióng yán banquet / elaborate feast
盛筵 shèng yán grand banquet
筵席捐 yán xí juān tax on a banquet or feast
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
讌會 yàn huì variant of 宴會|宴会, banquet / feast / dinner party
逃席 táo xí to leave a banquet (without taking one's leave)
还席 還席 huán xí to offer a return banquet
酒筵 jiǔ yán feast / 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
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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