饯行

餞行

jiànxíng

verb #52,125

Meanings

HSK 3

出发前，朋友们为她饯行。

Chūfā qián, péngyoumen wèi tā jiànxíng.

Before she set off, her friends gave her a farewell dinner.

HSK 6

同事们在饭店里摆了一桌酒，给他饯行。

Tóngshìmen zài fàndiàn lǐ bǎi le yì zhuō jiǔ, gěi tā jiànxíng.

His colleagues laid on a banquet at a restaurant to see him off.

mistakes

践行, 'to put into practice', sounds exactly the same. 饯 has the food radical: a send-off with a meal. 践 has the foot radical: to tread, to carry out.

usage

The opposite, a dinner for someone who has just arrived, is 接风.

饯 jiàn

行 xíng