咸亨

xiánhēng

noun

Meanings

1 Xianheng (Shaoxing tavern made famous by Lu Xun)
2 'all prosperous' (classical phrase)

Characters

all (classical); salty

prosperous; smooth

Examples

HSK 2

到绍兴一定要去咸亨酒店喝一碗黄酒。

Dào Shàoxīng yídìng yào qù Xiánhēng Jiǔdiàn hē yì wǎn huángjiǔ.

In Shaoxing you have to go to Xianheng Tavern for a bowl of yellow wine.

HSK 7-9

咸亨酒店门口有一尊孔乙己的铜像。

Xiánhēng Jiǔdiàn ménkǒu yǒu yì zūn Kǒng Yǐ jǐ de tóng xiàng.

There is a bronze statue of Kong Yiji at the door of Xianheng Tavern.

Tips

history

Literally 'all-prosperous' (from 《易经·坤卦》 '品物咸亨'). The name belongs to a Shaoxing 绍兴 tavern opened in 1894 and owned by relatives of Lu Xun 鲁迅; he set his 1919 short story 《孔乙己》 inside it. The shop closed, reopened in 1981 as a tourist draw, and now every visitor orders the 茴香豆 and yellow wine the story's protagonist drinks.

In Pop Culture

鲁迅《孔乙己》 Lǔxùn 《 Kǒng Yǐ jǐ 》

Lu Xun, 'Kong Yiji' (1919)

The short story, set in Xianheng Tavern, whose protagonist orders warmed yellow wine and 茴香豆 on credit - the scene modern visitors recreate.

Stroke Order

咸 xián

亨 hēng