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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
poly- / multi- / multielement / multivariant / multivariate (math.)
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
calendar era / epoch
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  *元* | 元* | *元
surname Yuan / Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
American dollar; US dollar
Tang emperor Xuanzong's 唐玄宗 reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity
Hong Kong dollar
South Korean won (currency)
Qingyuan county in Lishui 麗水|丽水, Zhejiang
duality / dual / bipolar / binary
(Tw) Christian era / Gregorian calendar / AD (Anno Domini)
Australian dollar
dimension (loanword, from Japanese)
time immemorial / origin of the universe / the world
Epoch Times, US newspaper
to change an emperor's or ruler's reign title (old)
Japanese yen (unit of currency) / also written 日圓|日圆
provincial imperial examination graduate who ranked 1st in metropolitan examination (in Ming and Qing dynasties)
(Tw) (computing) bit
(old) to rank first in the imperial examinations at the provincial capital, the national capital and the palace successively / (sports etc) to achieve three successes in a row (three matches in a row, three goals in a match etc)
flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀圓|银圆 / silver dollar
character (computing) (Tw)
two-dimensional / the fictional worlds of anime, comics and games
(math.) single-variable; univariate
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
(old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元, metropolitan 會元|会元 and palace 狀元|状元
(math.) argument / variable
variant of 復原|复原
finite element (method)
first-placed candidate in the provincial imperial examinations (old)
to win the top award / to come first in the examination rankings
scholar-official in the Qing dynasty (1764-1849)
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
brightest and best / chief / first among peers
(computing) central processing unit (CPU)
(computing) graphics processing unit (GPU)
renminbi yuan (RMB), PRC currency unit
kyat, currency of Myanmar
New Age (movement)
new era / new epoch
elimination (math) / to eliminate one variable from equations
pixel (remote sensing imagery)
64-bit (computing)
Cui Yongyuan (1963-), TV presenter
identity element (math.)
modular unit
neuron
32-bit (computing)
three-dimensional / the real world (cf. 二次元)
indeterminate element (math.), often denoted by x
interneuron
Song Dynasty History of Zen Buddhism in China (1252), 20 scrolls
8-bit (computing)
gigabit
16-bit (computing)
kilobit
Yao Wenyuan (1931-2005), one of the Gang of Four
finite element (method)
Li Boyuan or Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉 (1867-1906), late Qing journalist, novelist and social observer, author of Observations on the current state of officialdom 官場現形記|官场现形记
Liu Zongyuan (773-819), Tang essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動|古文运动 and neoclassical 復古|复古 movements
euro (currency)
(computing) wildcard character (Tw)


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