燕

Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409-436) / surname Yan

swallow (family Hirundinidae) / old variant of 宴[yan4]

variant of 燕[yan4]

north / (classical) to be defeated

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

twenty (20), in a limited number of set expressions / also written using banker's character 念

"fire" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 86), occurring in 熙, 然, 熊 etc

baby swallow

lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move

banquet held for high-ranking imperial or feudal officials

Former Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (337-370)

the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom) / (usually of a couple) to part from each other

Northern Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (409-436)

Southern Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (398-410)

(bird species of China) greater crested tern (Thalasseus bergii)

Apus (constellation)

Later Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-409)

(bird species of China) sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)

lit. a caged bird in a pavilion (idiom); fig. to lose vigilance by comfortable living / unaware of the disasters ahead / a fool's paradise

(bird species of China) crested treeswift (Hemiprocne coronata)