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筵席

yán xí

2-character word

What 筵席 means

1. banquet
2. mat for sitting

The characters in 筵席

• 筵yánbamboo mat for sitting
• 席xíwoven mat; seat; banquet

Example sentences

• 天下无不散之筵席。
  Tiānxià wú bù sàn zhī yánxí.
  All good things must come to an end.

Words starting with 筵席

• 筵席捐yán xí juāntax on a banquet or feast

Words containing 筵席

• 天下没有不散的筵席tiān xià méi yǒu bù sàn de yán xíall good things must come to an end (idiom)

Sounds the same

Read yán xí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 沿袭to carry on as before; to follow (an old custom etc)
• 研习research and study