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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 鴻門宴 [ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄣˊ ㄧㄢˋ; hong2 men2 yan4]
 Feast at Hongmen
 fig. banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest
 refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦 escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiangyu 項羽