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"wedding feast" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
喜酒 xǐ jiǔ wedding feast / liquor drunk at a wedding feast syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
婚礼 婚禮 hūn lǐ wedding ceremony / wedding / CL:場|场[chang3]
大事 dà shì major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn
宴会 宴會 yàn huì banquet / feast / dinner party / CL:席[xi2],個|个[ge4] syn
婚纱 婚紗 hūn shā wedding dress / CL:身[shen1]
婚约 婚約 hūn yuē engagement / wedding contract
婚宴 hūn yàn wedding reception syn
婚事 hūn shì wedding / marriage / CL:門|门[men2],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn
宴席 yàn xí banquet / feast syn
女方 nǚ fāng the bride's side (of a wedding) / of the bride's party
婚期 hūn qī wedding day syn
喜事 xǐ shì happy occasion / wedding syn
酒宴 jiǔ yàn feast / repose syn
酒席 jiǔ xí feast / banquet syn
迎娶 yíng qǔ (of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony / (fig.) to take as one's wife / to marry (a woman) 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
证婚人 證婚人 zhèng hūn rén wedding witness syn
大饱眼福 大飽眼福 dà bǎo yǎn fú to feast one's eyes syn
佳期 jiā qī wedding day / day of tryst syn
喜帖 xǐ tiě wedding invitation
证婚 證婚 zhèng hūn to be witness (at a wedding) 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)
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
交杯酒 jiāo bēi jiǔ formal exchange of cups of wine between bride and groom as traditional wedding ceremony
拜天地 bài tiān dì to worship heaven and earth / ritual kneeling by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony / also called 拜堂 syn
婚庆 婚慶 hūn qìng wedding celebration
上头 上頭 shàng tóu (of alcohol, love etc) to go to one’s head / (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head / to capture one's attention / (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait) syn
初夜 chū yè early evening / wedding night / (fig.) first sexual encounter
婚纱摄影 婚紗攝影 hūn shā shè yǐng wedding photos (done in studio, kit and caboodle taken care of by the studio)
目不暇接 mù bù xiá jiē lit. too much for the eye to take in (idiom) / a feast for the eyes syn
喜糖 xǐ táng sweet given on a happy occasion (esp. wedding)
拜堂 bài táng ritual kneeling to heaven and earth by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony / same as 拜天地
百年好合 bǎi nián hǎo hé may you live a long and happy life together (wedding greeting)
飨宴 饗宴 xiǎng yàn feast / banquet
结婚纪念日 結婚紀念日 jié hūn jì niàn rì wedding anniversary
婚典 hūn diǎn wedding / marriage celebration
盈门 盈門 yíng mén lit. fill the door / fill the house (at a wedding or auspicious occasion)
宴饮 宴飲 yàn yǐn to wine and dine / to feast / banquet
饮宴 飲宴 yǐn yàn banquet / dinner / drinking party / feast
婚 hūn to marry / marriage / wedding / to take a wife syn
盛宴 shèng yàn feast syn
傧相 儐相 bīn xiàng attendant of the bride or bridegroom at a wedding
花童 huā tóng page boy / flower girl (at a wedding)
纸婚 紙婚 zhǐ hūn paper wedding (first wedding anniversary)
银婚 銀婚 yín hūn silver wedding (25th wedding anniversary)
喜筵 xǐ yán wedding banquet / congratulatory feast syn
吹鼓手 chuī gǔ shǒu (old) musicians at a wedding cortege or funeral procession / (fig.) trumpeter of sb's praises / booster 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)
洞房花烛 洞房花燭 dòng fáng huā zhú bridal room and ornamented candles / wedding festivities (idiom) syn
莚 yán bamboo mat / feast, banquet
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
男婚女嫁 nán hūn nǚ jià to celebrate a wedding syn
红色炸弹 紅色炸彈 hóng sè zhà dàn (jocular) wedding invitation (lit. "red bomb", because wedding invitations use red paper, and invitees are expected to give a substantial sum of money as a wedding gift)
裸婚 luǒ hūn lit. naked wedding / no-frills civil wedding ceremony lacking a material foundation: no car, house, reception, rings, or honeymoon
拼婚 pīn hūn to save money on wedding expenses by getting together with another couple (or couples) in arranging restaurant reservations, wedding photo shoots etc
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
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
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
交拜 jiāo bài to bow to one another / to kneel and kowtow to one another / formal kowtow as part of traditional wedding ceremony
喜车 喜車 xǐ chē wedding car / carriage for collecting the bride
婚筵 hūn yán wedding reception
洞房花烛夜 洞房花燭夜 dòng fáng huā zhú yè wedding night
举行婚礼 舉行婚禮 jǔ xíng hūn lǐ to celebrate a wedding
锡婚 錫婚 xī hūn tin anniversary / aluminum anniversary (10th wedding anniversary)
闪电式结婚 閃電式結婚 shǎn diàn shì jié hūn lightning wedding / to get married on the spur of the moment / abbr. to 閃婚|闪婚
头纱 頭紗 tóu shā wedding veil / gauze headscarf or veil
份子钱 份子錢 fèn zi qián gift money (on the occasion of a wedding etc)
捧花 pěng huā (wedding) bouquet
改口费 改口費 gǎi kǒu fèi a gift of money given by parents on both sides after a wedding, to their new daughter-in-law or son-in-law
贺客 賀客 hè kè guest (to a wedding etc)
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)
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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