Banquest, Formal meal, Throw a banquet,

宴

Banquet

Pronunciation:

yan ( Putonghua, 4th tone ),
yin ( Cantonese 3rd tone )

meaning: Banquest, Formal meal, Throw a banquet,

宴會 ( yan hui ) banguet meeting = banquet.
國宴 ( quo yan ) state banquet.
家宴 ( jia yan ) family banquet.
設宴 ( she yan ) arrange banquet = means play host and throwing a dinner party.

婚宴 ( hun yan ) wedding banquet.
公宴 ( gong yan ) colleagues / office banquet = means a company dinner, not a private dineer.
慶功宴 ( qing gong yan ) winning teans hold = celebrate success banquets.
齊宴 ( zhai yan ) Buddhist followers hold = vegetarian banquets = diners without meat dishes.
羅漢請觀音 ( luo han qing guan yin ) Lohans treat Guanyin = means friends jointly invite a single guest to dinner.

鴻門宴 ( hong men yan ) Hong Gate Banquet is a banquet given in honor of a guest with a conspiracy to arrest / kill him.

By: Raymond Mok 莫坤雄

Color

色

Color

Pronunciation:
se ( Putongua, 1st tone ),
sik ( Cantonese 1st tone )

Meaning : Color

顏色 = ( yan se = coutenance color )
膚色 = ( fu se = skin color )
音色 = ( yin se = musical note colour = timbre )
色盲 = ( se mang = color blind )
特色 Unique people have ( te se = special color = special character )
神色 = ( shen se = spirit colour = expression )
拋眼色 = ( pao yan se = throw eye expression ) means passing someone a knowing glance.

色 = 美色 ( mei se = beauty color = women's beauty / charms )
好美色 Womanizers ( hao nu se = like female beauty )
好男色 Men who ( hao nan se = like male beauty ) like to sleep with men.
色迷迷 ( se mi mi = color charmed charmed ) means lascivious looking.
戒色 ( jie se = abstain from sex )

色即是空 Buddhists preach ( se zhi shi kong = color / appearance equal is empty ) All existence is emptiness.

by: Raymond Mok 莫坤雄