宴 yàn

1. yàn noun a feast; a banquet
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICt '宴'; Guoyu '宴' n; Unihan '宴'; XHZD '宴' 3, p. 868)
2. yàn verb to entertain; to host a feast
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '宴' v 1; Kroll 2015 '宴' 2, p. 530; Unihan '宴'; XHZD '宴' 1, p. 868)
3. yàn adjective calm; in comfort and at ease
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '宴'; Guoyu '宴' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '宴' 1, p. 530; XHZD '宴' 4, p. 868)
4. yàn adjective joyful
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '宴' adj 2)
5. yàn verb to rest
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '宴' v 1)

Contained in

• 筵宴(筵讌) feast; banquet
• 宴会厅(宴會廳) ballroom; banqueting hall
• 喜宴 wedding banquet
• 飨宴(饗宴) feast; banquet
• 宴饮(宴飲) to wine and dine; to feast; banquet
• 宴桃园(宴桃園) feast in the orchard of peaches
• 晚宴 banquet; dinner party; soiree
• 宴席(宴蓆) a banquet
• 宴请(宴請) to entertain
• 宴会(宴會) banquet; feast; dinner party
• 酒宴 a feast
• 鸿门宴(鴻門宴) Feast at Hongmen; banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest
• 宴飨(宴饗) to host a banquet
• 盛宴 feast
• 宴见(宴見) an personal [unofficial] audience with the emperor
• 宴乐(宴樂) peace and happiness; feasting; making merry
• 赴宴 to attend a banquet
• 国宴(國宴) state banquet
• 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
• 家宴 family banquet
• 设宴(設宴) to hold a banquet
• 午宴 lunch banquet
• 婚宴 wedding reception
• 饮宴(飲宴) banquet; dinner; drinking party; feast
• 便宴 informal dinner
• 欢宴(歡宴) feast; celebration

Also contained in

卡宴 、 宴殊

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷一百十三 志第六十六 禮十六 Volume 113 Treatises 66: Rites 16 History of Song 宋史 — count: 112
• 卷三十八　志第十九:　禮十一 外國使入見儀 曲宴儀 朝辭儀 新定夏使儀注 Volume 38 Treatises 19: Rites 11 - Ceremonies for Receiving Foreign Emissaries; Music for Banquets; Farewell Rituals; Ceremonies for Newly Appointed Officials History of Jin 金史 — count: 44
• 卷一百十九 志第七十二 禮二十二 Volume 119 Treatises 72: Rites 22 History of Song 宋史 — count: 40
• 卷十三 本紀第十三: 德宗下 Volume 13 Annals 13: Dezong 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 35
• 卷五十三 志第二十九 禮七 Volume 53 Treatises 29: Rites 7 History of Ming 明史 — count: 27
• 卷六十三 志第三十九 樂三 Volume 63 Treatises 39: Music 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 27
• 卷一百四十二 志第九十五 樂十七 Volume 142 Treatises 95: Music 17 History of Song 宋史 — count: 25
• 卷五十一　志第二十: 禮志三 禮志四 Volume 51 Treatises 21: Rites 3 and 4 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 24
• 卷一百十四 志第六十七 禮十七 Volume 114 Treatises 67: Rites 17 History of Song 宋史 — count: 22
• 卷七 本紀第七 真宗二 Volume 7 Annals 7: Zhenzong 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 20

Collocations

• 宴语 (宴語) 宴語之不懷 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 8
• 游宴 (游宴) 日從游宴 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 淮南鴻烈解敘 漢涿郡高誘撰 Explanation of Sections of Huainaizi, Compiled by Gao You of Zhuo Province in the Han — count: 8
• 宴安 (宴安) 宴安酖毒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 7
• 侍宴 (侍宴) 後不得復侍宴 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷九十三 佞幸傳 Volume 93: Flatterers — count: 5
• 宴私 (宴私) 宴私之意不形乎動靜 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷八十一 匡張孔馬傳 Volume 81: Kuang, Zhang, Kong and Ma — count: 4
• 遊宴 (遊宴) 昨日遊宴北園 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷五 魏書五 后妃傳 Volume 5: Book of Wei 5 - Biographies of empresses and concubines — count: 4
• 宴游 (宴游) 大臣不得與宴游 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷五十一 賈鄒枚路傳 Volume 51: Jia, Zou, Mei and Lu — count: 3
• 公宴 (公宴) 鄭伯與公宴于棐 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
• 宴居 (宴居) 或宴宴居息 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十七下之下 五行志 Volume 27e: Treatise on the Five Elements 5 — count: 3
• 宴后庭 (宴後庭) 自武帝游宴後庭 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷七十八 蕭望之傳 Volume 78: Xiao Wangzhi — count: 3