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庆功宴 (qìng gōng yàn) — celebration banquet; victory party

Definition

A formal banquet held specifically to celebrate the completion of a major task or a victory. It is more ceremonial and success-oriented than a general 聚会 (casual get-together).

noun
celebration banquetvictory party
Measure word · 场

Examples

  • 庆功宴。
    Gōng sī wèi zhè ge xiàng mù jǔ bàn le shèng dà de qìng gōng yàn.
    The company held a grand celebration banquet for this project.
  • 庆功宴。
    Dà jiā dōu bèi yāo qǐng cān jiā zhè cì qìng gōng yàn.
    Everyone was invited to attend this victory party.
  • 庆功宴，。
    qìng gōng yàn Shàng qì fen fēi cháng rè liè, dà jiā dōu hěn gāo xìng.
    The atmosphere at the celebration banquet was very lively, and everyone was very happy.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

庆功celebrate achievement
庆qìngcelebrate功gōngachievement
动宾Verb + object
宴yànbanquet

A 宴 (banquet) is held to 庆 (celebrate) a 功 (achievement).

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 慶; 庆 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 庆 comes from the traditional 慶, which pairs 廌, drawn as an antelope, with 心, a heart; the heart part showed goodness or blessing, and obtaining such a beautiful animal was worth celebrating.

Open 庆 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
力力lìstrength
Sound part声符shēngfú
工
工gōng功gōng
Same sound today

功 puts 力 (strength) beside 工, which gives the sound gōng and means labour or work.

Open 功 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宀宀mián
Sound part声符shēngfú
妟
妟yàn宴
Same sound today

宴 has 宀, a roof, above 妟, which shows a woman and the sun. 妟 also supplies the sound, and the whole shape pictures a woman under a roof with sunlight.

Open 宴 →
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