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  *元* | 元* | *元
currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first; original; primary / (bound form) basic; fundamental / (bound form) constituent; part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument; variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon
HSK 1
unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase
HSK 3
CE (Common Era) / Christian Era / AD (Anno Domini)
HSK 4
New Year's Day
HSK 5
element (key component of sth) / (chemistry) element / (math.) element (member of a set)
HSK 6
poly- / multi- / multielement / multivariant / multivariate (math.)
HSK 7-9
head of state
HSK 7-9
top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) / see 榜眼 and 探花 / top scorer in college entrance examination 高考 / (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field / leading light
HSK 7-9
senior figure / elder / doyen
HSK 7-9
Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *元* | 元* | *元
surname Yuan / Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
lit. progenitor of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), title of Khubilai Khan (1215-1294), first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294
(Tw) Christian era / Gregorian calendar / AD (Anno Domini)
American dollar; US dollar
Yuen Long town in northwest New Territories, Hong Kong
Yuan dynasty theater, including poetry, music and comedy
vigor; strength; vitality
household with savings or annual income of 10,000 yuan or more (considered a large amount in the 1970s, when the term became established)
(math.) single-variable; univariate
diversification / pluralism / to diversify
Japanese yen (unit of currency) / also written 日圓|日圆
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
element / component
Yuanbao district of Dandong city 丹東市|丹东市, Liaoning
a silver or gold ingot / mock ingot (burnt as offering in worship) / a name for ancient currency / a rare genius
character (computing) (Tw)
(old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元, metropolitan 會元|会元 and palace 狀元|状元
posthumous title of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗 (1162-1227)
first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
(spreadsheet) cell
(Tw) (computing) bit
calendar era / epoch
Yuen Ren Chao (1892-1982), Chinese-American linguist
(military) marshal; commander-in-chief
(chemistry) rare element
New Age (movement)
new era / new epoch
(Tw) byte (computing)
Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武
one that has achieved the way / emperor
primordial spirit / fundamental essence of life
Tang emperor Xuanzong's 唐玄宗 reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity
time immemorial / origin of the universe / the world
trace element (chemistry)
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀圓|银圆 / silver dollar
Lantern Festival / night of the 15th of the first lunar month / see also 元夜 / sticky rice dumplings
Yuanyang county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan
provincial imperial examination graduate who ranked 1st in metropolitan examination (in Ming and Qing dynasties)
lit. in every trade, a master appears (idiom); fig. You can produce outstanding achievements in any task, provided you put it enough love and diligence
leading light / founding father / principal proponent
pluralism, philosophical doctrine that the universe consists of different substances
periodic table of the elements (chemistry)
Song Dynasty History of Zen Buddhism in China (1252), 20 scrolls
(computing) wildcard character (Tw)
chief offender / main culprit
Yuanbaoshan district, Chifeng city, Inner Mongolia
Guangyuan, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省
rare earth element (chemistry)
polyunsaturated fatty acid
first year of an emperor's reign / first year of an era / first year of a significant time period
BCE (before the Common Era) / BC (before Christ)
leading light / founding father / principal proponent / also written 元勳|元勋
upper house / senate / senior statesmen's assembly
first-placed candidate in the provincial imperial examinations (old)
Tianyuan district of Zhuzhou city 株洲市, Hunan
Qingyuan county in Lishui 麗水|丽水, Zhejiang
(computing) central processing unit (CPU)
light element (such as hydrogen)
Prime tortoise of the record bureau, Song dynasty historical encyclopedia of political essays, autobiography, memorials and decrees, compiled 1005-1013 under Wang Qinruo 王欽若|王钦若 and Yang Yi 楊億|杨亿, 1000 scrolls
a new year begins (idiom)
brightest and best / chief / first among peers
monism, belief that the universe is made of a single substance
Marshal Zhao, aka Zhao Gongming or Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism
component
History of the Yuan Dynasty, twenty third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Song Lian 宋濂 in 1370 during the Ming Dynasty, 210 scrolls
heavy element (such as uranium)
Wonsan city in Kangweon province 江原道 of North Korea
Yuanshi county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄, Hebei
head of state
Yuanbaoshan district, Chifeng city, Inner Mongolia
Yuanyang county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan
metalanguage
Proterozoic (geological era 2500-540m years ago)
Yuanshi county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄, Hebei
Four Great Yuan Dramatists, namely: Guan Hanqing 關漢卿|关汉卿, Zheng Guangzu 鄭光祖|郑光祖, Ma Zhiyuan 馬致遠|马致远 and Bai Pu 白樸|白朴
Yuanbao district of Dandong city 丹東市|丹东市, Liaoning
chemical element
first wife
diphthong
New History of the Yuan Dynasty, completed by Ke Shaomin 柯劭忞 in 1920, sometimes listed as one of the 24 Dynastic Histories 二十四史
duality / dual / bipolar / binary
Sanyuan, a district of Sanming City 三明市, Fujian
integration / integrated; unified
Hong Kong dollar
to win the top award / to come first in the examination rankings

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