idiom > give a dinner for a visitor from afar give a dinner of welcome (to a visitor or a returnee from afar)
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Jiefeng welcome home
  Explanation: Refers to the banquet guests from afar to show sympathy and welcome.
No. 2
  接风洗尘 (jiē fēng xǐ chén)
  解释:指设宴款待远来的客人,以示慰问和欢迎。
  出处:明·凌蒙初《二刻拍案惊奇》第26卷:“虽也送他两把俸金,几件人事,恰好侄儿也替他接风洗尘,只好直退。”
  示例:第二天,周恩来把邓颖超接到自己的住处,亲手做了几个菜,为邓颖超~。 ★马辂《国共和谈演义》第二十七回