鴻門宴

1. • Hongmen feast
2. • banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest

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3. • refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 刘邦 liúbāng escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 项羽 xiàngyǔ

Character by character

• 鴻(hóng)eastern bean goose
• 門(mén)surname Men
• 宴(yàn)entertain at a banquet