1 Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning

2 north Hebei

3 the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕 (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕 (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕 (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕 (409-436)

4 surname Yan

1 swallow

1 (lit.) a pot of porridge

2 (fig.) a complete mess

1 rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc

1 Stefanie Sun (1978-), Singaporean singer-songwriter

1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)

2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch

1 lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move

1 lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)

2 fig. not enough to go around

3 demand exceeds supply

1 the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom)

2 (usually of a couple) to part from each other

1 to provide alms and rice (idiom)