晚宴
wǎn yàn
Pinyin

Definition

晚宴
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wǎn yàn
  1. banquet
  2. dinner party
  3. soiree

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今晚
jīn wǎn
  1. 1 tonight
春晚
Chūn Wǎn
  1. 1 abbr. for 春節聯歡晚會|春节联欢晚会[Chūn jié Lián huān Wǎn huì]
晚
wǎn
  1. 1 evening
  2. 2 night
  3. 3 late
晚上
wǎn shang
  1. 1 evening
  2. 2 night
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 in the evening
晚安
wǎn ān
  1. 1 Good night!
  2. 2 Good evening!

Idioms (9)

千里搭长棚，没有不散的宴席
qiān lǐ dā cháng péng , méi yǒu bù sàn de yàn xí
  1. 1 even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)
君子报仇，十年不晚
jūn zi bào chóu , shí nián bù wǎn
  1. 1 lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. revenge is a dish best served cold
大器晚成
dà qì wǎn chéng
  1. 1 lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly
  2. 2 in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state
  3. 3 Rome wasn't built in a day
早出晚归
zǎo chū wǎn guī
  1. 1 to leave early and return late (idiom)
为时不晚
wéi shí bù wǎn
  1. 1 it is not too late (idiom)

Sample Sentences

哈哈，美好的事情总是让人向往。我看白宫晚宴上，奥巴马夫人米歇尔和彭丽媛女士都好光彩照人啊！
hāhā ，měihǎo de shìqing zǒngshì ràngrén xiàngwǎng 。wǒ kàn báigōng wǎnyàn shàng ，àobāmǎ fūren mǐxiēěr hé pénglìyuán nǚshì dōu hǎo guāngcǎizhàorén ā ！
Ha ha, everyone's always eager for such great things to happen. Michelle Obama and Peng Liyuan were both so dazzling!
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