| 鸿门宴 |
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 刘邦 escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 项羽 |
| 鸿 |
hóng |
eastern bean goose / great / large |
| 门 |
Mén |
surname Men |
| 门 |
mén |
gate / door / CL:扇 / gateway / doorway / CL:个 / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) |
| 宴 |
yàn |
(bound form) feast / repose |
| 宴 |
yàn |
variant of 宴 |