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鴻門宴 (hung4 mun4 jin3) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

鴻門宴 (hung4 mun4 jin3, 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]

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Related words

• 鴻圖窩麵 (hung4 tou4 wo1 min6) — Hung To noodle soup with crab meat
• 鴻毛 (hung4 mou4) — a goose feather -- something very light or insignificant
• 鴻運扇 (hung4 wan6 sin3) — electric fan (slang)
• 鴻鵠之志 (hung4 huk6 zi1 zi3) — lofty ambition
• 鴻 (hung4) — eastern bean goose; great; large
• 鴻圖 (hung4 tou4) — variant of 宏圖|宏图[hong2 tu2]

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