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

oats

swallow-tailed coat; tails

swallow

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)

Yanjing, an old name for Beijing; capital of Yan at different periods

Yan mountain range across north Hebei

(dialect) insurance (loanword)

Hirundinidae (the family of swallows and martins)

edible bird's nest

Yan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi; beautiful women; women dancers and singers

(bird species of China) Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo)

(bird species of China) brambling (Fringilla montifringilla); (fig.) small fry

swallowtail butterfly (family Papilionidae)

agar-agar powder

rolled oats

oatmeal; porridge

Yanjing beer (Beijing beer brand)

Yanjing or Yenching University, Christian university in Beijing founded in 1919

Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政[Qin2 Ying2 Zheng4] (later the First Emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]) by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲[Jing1 Ke1] in 227 BC

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

lit. sparrow and swallow's congratulation (idiom); fig. to congratulate sb on completion of a building project; congratulations on your new house!

Yanzhao Metropolis Daily

the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom); many a little makes a mickle

lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?

lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?