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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 鸿门宴
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 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] |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 61,264 | 23,101 | 8,683 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 鸿 | hóng | - eastern bean goose - great - large |
| 门 | mén | - surname Men |
| 门 | mén | - gate - door - CL:扇[shan4] - gateway - doorway - CL:個|个[ge4] - 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[yan4] |
Other Words Containing 鸿门宴
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鸿门宴 | - | - | 61,264 | 23,101 | 8,683 |