hóng​mén​yàn

Hongmen feast

鸿门宴 鴻門宴 hóng​mén​yàn
Hongmen feast
a banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest; a trap or a meeting contrived to harm someone. This refers to a famous event in 206 BC where the future Han emperor 刘邦 liú​bāng escaped an assassination attempt by his rival 项羽 xiàng​yǔ.

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