鴻門宴
simp鸿门宴hung4 mun4 jin3Hóng mén yàn
English
- Hongmen feast
- an invitation from somebody with malicious intentions; "鴻門宴" refers to a famous event in Chinese history that took place after the fall of the Qin Dynasty. A banquet was hosted by Xiang Yu, a prominent military leader and political figure, but was actually a ruse to assassinate his rival Liu Bang, who would later become the founder of the Han Dynasty. The term has since become a Chinese idiom or metaphor for a treacherous situation where one is invited to an event with hostile intentions hidden behind a facade of cordiality
- (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest
- refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3]
粵語 — Cantonese
- 不懷好意、居心不良嘅邀請；出自《史記》嘅典故：楚漢相爭時，劉邦先入咸陽，項羽妒忌佢，用范增嘅計謀，喺鴻門設宴，意圖加害佢；劉邦赴宴，范增指使項莊舞劍，意圖刺殺劉邦，好彩得到項羽叔父項伯、仲有張良等下屬嘅協助，最後冇事
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk