Usage of the character 宴
yàn
宴
[宴]
- (bound form) feast
- repose
yàn
宴
[醼]
- variant of 宴 (yàn)
jiǔyàn
酒宴
[酒宴]
- feast
- repose
huānyàn
欢宴
[歡宴]
- feast
- celebration
yànxiǎng
宴飨
[讌饗]
- variant of 宴饗／宴飨 (yànxiǎng)
kuǎnyàn
款宴
[款宴]
- to host a banquet
fùyàn
赴宴
[赴宴]
- to attend a banquet
shèyàn
设宴
[設宴]
- to host a banquet
yǐnyàn
饮宴
[飲宴]
- banquet
- dinner
- drinking party
- feast
shèngyàn
盛宴
[盛宴]
- feast
yànxí
宴席
[宴席]
- banquet; feast
Kǎyàn
卡宴
[卡宴]
- Cayenne, capital of French Guiana
jiāyàn
家宴
[家宴]
- dinner party held in one's home
- family reunion dinner
yànyǐn
宴饮
[宴飲]
- to wine and dine
- to feast
- banquet
yànkè
宴客
[宴客]
- to host a banquet
- guest at a banquet
wǔyàn
午宴
[午宴]
- lunch banquet
hūnyàn
婚宴
[婚宴]
- wedding reception
yāoyàn
邀宴
[邀宴]
- to invite sb to a banquet
yànhuì
宴会
[宴會]
- banquet
- feast
- dinner party
- CL:席 (xí),個／个 (gè)
gōngyàn
公宴
[公宴]
- banquet hosted by an organization to honor a distinguished figure
- to host such a banquet
xiǎngyàn
飨宴
[饗宴]
- feast
- banquet
yànxiǎng
宴飨
[宴饗]
- to host a banquet
- feast
- banquet
- ceremony of sacrifice
guóyàn
国宴
[國宴]
- state banquet
xǐyàn
喜宴
[喜宴]
- wedding banquet
yànlè
宴乐
[宴樂]
- peace and happiness
- feasting
- making merry
biànyàn
便宴
[便宴]
- informal dinner
cānyàn
餐宴
[餐宴]
- banquet
yányàn
筵宴
[筵讌]
- feast
- banquet
wǎnyàn
晚宴
[晚宴]
- banquet
- dinner party
- soiree
yànqǐng
宴请
[宴請]
- to entertain (for dinner)
- to invite to dinner
Hóngményàn
鸿门宴
[鴻門宴]
- 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 ( Liú Bāng) escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽／项羽 ( Xiàng Yǔ)
xièshīyàn
谢师宴
[謝師宴]
- banquet hosted by students in honor of their teachers
yànhuìtīng
宴会厅
[宴會廳]
- ballroom
- banqueting hall
xīnhūnyàn'ěr
新婚宴尔
[新婚宴爾]
- variant of 新婚燕爾／新婚燕尔 (xīnhūnyàn'ěr)
tiānxiàméiyǒubùsàndeyànxí
天下没有不散的宴席
[天下沒有不散的宴席]
- see 天下沒有不散的筵席／天下没有不散的筵席 (tiānxiàméiyǒubùsàndeyánxí)
qiānlǐdāchángpéng,méiyǒubùsàndeyànxí
千里搭长棚，没有不散的宴席
[千里搭長棚，沒有不散的宴席]
- even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)