宴席
yàn xí
Pinyin
Definition
宴席
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- banquet
- feast
Character Decomposition
Idioms (5)
千里搭长棚,没有不散的宴席
- 1 even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)
天下没有不散的筵席
- 1 all good things must come to an end (idiom)
席地而坐
- 1 to sit on the ground or the floor (idiom)
席地而睡
- 1 to sleep on the ground (idiom)
虚席以待
- 1 to reserve a seat for sb (idiom)
Sample Sentences
相传一千多年前在中国晋朝有位叫做乐广的人,交游广阔,特别喜欢宴请朋友到家中喝酒聊天。有一次,在宴席上,乐广的一位朋友在敬酒时,看见杯子里有条小蛇在酒里蠕动,这位朋友虽然饱受惊吓,但碍于面子,不得不勉强将酒一饮而尽。回家之后,老觉得自己肚子里有条小蛇钻来钻去,越想越难受,竟然因此病倒了!
Legend has it, more than a thousand years ago, in the Gin dynasty of China, there was a person named Yue Guang. He has many friends, and he especially likes to invite friends to come over to have a drink and chat. Once at the banquet, a friend of Yue Guang saw a little snake wriggling in the glass while toasting. Although his friend was frightened, because of his pride, he had no choice but to force himself to drink up the wine. After he got home, he constantly felt like there’s a snake winding around in his stomach. The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. He even ended up falling ill because of this!