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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
mén- surname Men
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)
yàn- (bound form) feast
- repose
yàn- variant of 宴[yan4]

Other Words Containing 鸿门宴

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
鸿门宴 - - 61,264 23,101 8,683