to appear on stage in an amateur capacity / (of a professional) to make a guest appearance / (fig.) to assume a role outside one's usual duties / to substitute for
迎宾
yíng bīn
to welcome a guest / to entertain a customer (of prostitute)
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]
客居
kè jū
to live in a foreign place / to live somewhere as a guest
宾至如归
bīn zhì rú guī
guests feel at home (in a hotel, guest house etc) / a home away from home
lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom) / fig. a minor player upstages the main attraction / minor details obscure the main point / the sauce is better than the fish
相敬如宾
xiāng jìng rú bīn
to treat each other as an honored guest (idiom) / mutual respect between husband and wife
反客为主
fǎn kè wéi zhǔ
lit. the guest acts as host (idiom) / fig. to turn from passive to active behavior
kè