宴飨

宴饗
yànxiǎng
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to host a banquet; to feast (someone)
  2. 2 (noun) banquet; ceremonial feast
  3. 3 ancient ceremony of sacrificial feasting

Examples

Gǔdài dìwáng cháng yànxiǎng qúnchén yǐ shì ēnchǒng.
Ancient emperors often feasted their officials to show favor.
《Shījīng》 zhōng yǒu bù shǎo miáoxiě yànxiǎng de piānzhāng.
The Book of Songs contains many passages depicting ceremonial feasts.

Tips

register
Literary/classical register — appears in historical texts and academic writing about ritual culture. For modern banquets use (yànqǐng) or 宴会 (yànhuì). The originally meant ritual offerings to ancestors that the living then ate.

Stroke Order

yàn
xiǎng