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鸿门宴

鸿 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
  Mén surname Men
  mén gate; door; doorway; gateway; opening (CL:) / 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)
   yàn (bound form) to entertain at a banquet / (bound form) banquet; feast / (literary) peaceful; at ease
   yàn variant of
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