"Feast" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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宴会 yàn huì banquet / feast / dinner party / CL:席[xi2],個|个[ge4]
酒席 jiǔ xí feast / banquet
宴席 yàn xí banquet / feast
酒宴 jiǔ yàn feast / repose
犒劳 kào láo to reward with food and drink / to feast (sb) / presents of food etc made to troops / Taiwan pr. [kao4 lao4]
飨宴 xiǎng yàn feast / banquet
欢宴 huān yàn feast / celebration
宴饮 yàn yǐn to wine and dine / to feast / banquet
饮宴 yǐn yàn banquet / dinner / drinking party / feast
筵宴 yán yàn feast / banquet
觞 shāng feast / goblet
盛宴 shèng yàn feast
筵上 yán shǎng feast
芳筵 fāng yán feast
酒筵 jiǔ yán feast / banquet
喜酒 xǐ jiǔ wedding feast / liquor drunk at a wedding feast
目不暇接 mù bù xiá jiē lit. too much for the eye to take in (idiom) / a feast for the eyes
大饱眼福 dà bǎo yǎn fú to feast one's eyes
饱览 bǎo lǎn to look intensively / to feast one's eyes on
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 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3]
饱眼福 bǎo yǎn fú to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
一饱眼福 yī bǎo yǎn fú to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
开斋节 Kāi zhāi jié Eid al-Fitr or Feast of Breaking the Fast, celebrated on the last day of Ramadan
喜筵 xǐ yán wedding banquet / congratulatory feast
醵 jù to contribute to a feast / to pool (money)
莚 yán bamboo mat / feast, banquet
残茶剩饭 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 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
餪 nuǎn send a present of a feast
嘉会 jiā huì auspicious occasion / grand feast
歌筵 gē yán a feast which also has a singing performance
杀牛宰羊 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 qióng yán banquet / elaborate feast
盂兰盆会 Yú lán pén huì Feast of All Souls (fifteenth day of seventh lunar month) (Buddhism)
目不暇给 mù bù xiá gěi the eye cannot take it all in (idiom) / too many good things to see / a feast for the eyes
筵席捐 yán xí juān tax on a banquet or feast
素筵 sù yán vegetarian feast / food offerings to Buddha
绮筵 qǐ yán magnificent feast
圣心节 shèng xīn jié Feast of the Sacred Heart
讌會 yàn huì variant of 宴會|宴会, banquet / feast / dinner party
项庄舞剑，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 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 bàn jiǔ xí to prepare a feast
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