hung4 mun4 jin3鴻門宴鸿门宴
Jyutpinghung4 mun4 jin3
Yalehùngh mùnh yin

Definition

Hongmen feast; 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]

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T1High level
T2High rising
T3Mid level
T4Low falling
T5Low rising
T6Low level

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杏仁茶
hang6 jan4 caa4almond cream soup; almond tea; almond paste
看待
hon1 doi6to look upon; to regard
駭浪骇浪
haai5 long6swelling or stormy seas
洪武
hung4 mou5Hongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti, reign name of first Ming emperor Zhu...
希有
hei1 jau5rare
赫山區赫山区
haak1 saan1 keoi1Heshan, a district of Yiyang City 益陽市|益阳市[Yi4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan
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