鸿门宴 (鴻門宴)
Hóng mén Yàn
Pinyin
Definition
鸿门宴 (鴻門宴)
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- Feast at Hongmen (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[Liú Bāng] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ]
Idioms (1)
千里搭长棚，没有不散的宴席
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1 even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)
Sample Sentences
这倒也是！那真是一场鸿门宴呐...不过，假如你活在那个世界，你觉得你会比较像哪一个角色呢？
That's true! That was really like the Feast of Hongmen. Anyway, if you lived in that world, which character do you think you'd be like?
泰国菜？很贵的。说吧，是不是又要叫我办什么事？鸿门宴我可不去啊。
Thai food? That's expensive. What, do you want me to do something again? I'm not going to fall for your trap.