鸿 门 宴

Hóng mén yàndictionary entry

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[Liú Bāng] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ]

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鴻門宴 鸿门宴 [Hong2 men2 yan4] /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]/

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Other forms in these source records: 鴻門宴

鸿
hóng
eastern bean goose / great / large
门
mén
gate / door / doorway / gateway / opening (CL:扇[shàn]) / valve / switch / other door-like or gate-like structure / way to do sth / knack / method / approach / family / household / lineage / (bound form) sect / school / faction (religious or academic) / (bound form) class / category / division / phylum / classifier for courses, fields of study, branches of technology, relatives by marriage, guns etc / (suffix) -gate (scandal)
Mén
surname Men
宴
yàn
(bound form) to entertain at a banquet / (bound form) banquet / feast / (literary) peaceful / at ease

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