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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
CE (Common Era) / Christian Era / AD (Anno Domini)
HSK 4
unit (forming an entity) / element / (in a residential building) entrance or staircase
HSK 3
element (key component of sth) / (chemistry) element / (math.) element (member of a set)
HSK 6
New Year's Day
HSK 5
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
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  *元* | 元* | *元
surname Yuan / Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
BCE (before the Common Era) / BC (before Christ)
poly- / multi- / multielement / multivariant / multivariate (math.)
HSK 7-9
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
diversity
two-dimensional / the fictional worlds of anime, comics and games
(military) marshal; commander-in-chief
Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武
dried longan pulp
Qingyuan county in Lishui 麗水|丽水, Zhejiang
actinoids (rare earth series), namely: actinium Ac89 錒|锕, thorium Th90 釷|钍, protoactinium Pa91 鏷|镤, uranium U92 鈾|铀, neptunium Ne93 鎿|镎, plutonium Pu94 鈈|钚, americium Am95 鎇|镅, curium Cm96 鋦|锔, berkelium Bk97 錇|锫, californium Cf98 鐦|锎, einsteinium Es99 鎄|锿, fermium Fm100 鐨|镄, mendelevium Md101 鍆|钔, nobelium No102 鍩|锘, lawrencium Lr103 鐒|铹
monism, belief that the universe is made of a single substance
three-dimensional / the real world (cf. 二次元)
the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
renminbi yuan (RMB), PRC currency unit
close vowel
senior figure / elder / doyen
HSK 7-9
dualism, belief that the universe is made of two different substance (e.g. mind and matter or good and evil)
Hong Kong dollar
chief offender / main culprit
first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
duality / dual / bipolar / binary
head of state
HSK 7-9
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
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
(math.) single-variable; univariate
American dollar; US dollar
first year of an emperor's reign / first year of an era / first year of a significant time period
diversification / pluralism / to diversify
Lantern Festival / night of the 15th of the first lunar month / see also 元夜 / sticky rice dumplings
pluralism, philosophical doctrine that the universe consists of different substances
element / component
8-bit (computing)
head of state
vowel
New Age (movement)
new era; new epoch
a new year begins (idiom)
neuron
vigor; strength; vitality
(old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元, metropolitan 會元|会元 and palace 狀元|状元
Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
metacognition
(Tw) byte (computing)
Australian dollar
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
finite element method
primordial spirit / fundamental essence of life
Mongol army / army of Yuan dynasty
upper house / senate / senior statesmen's assembly
Cui Yongyuan (1963-), TV presenter
Epoch Times, US newspaper
metadata
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)
South Korean won (currency)
Yuan dynasty theater, including poetry, music and comedy
deep black
64-bit (computing)
gigabit
Eurozone
Yuan Emperor, reign name of Han Dynasty emperor Liu Shi 劉奭|刘奭, (74-33 BC), reigned 48-33 BC
rare earth element (chemistry)
heavy element (such as uranium)
household with savings or annual income of 10,000 yuan or more (considered a large amount in the 1970s, when the term became established)
"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, namely 鄧小平|邓小平, 陳雲|陈云, 李先念, 彭真, 楊尚昆|杨尚昆, 薄一波, 王震, and 宋任窮|宋任穷 / abbr. to 八老
multiverse (cosmology)
Guangyuan, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省
metalinguistic ability
one that has achieved the way / emperor
founding figure (of a country or dynasty) / founding father / fig. also used of company or school etc
periodic table of the elements (chemistry)
(Tw) (computing) bit
(computing) metaverse
(chemistry) rare element
apartment
Tang emperor Xuanzong's 唐玄宗 reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity
vowel harmony (in phonetics of Altaic languages)
trace element (chemistry)
Qingyuan county in Lishui 麗水|丽水, Zhejiang
lanthanoid (rare earth series), namely: lanthanum La57 鑭|镧, cerium Ce58 鈰|铈, praseodymium Pr59 鐠|镨, neodymium Nd60 釹|钕, promethium Pm61 鉕|钷, samarium Sm62 釤|钐, europium Eu63 銪|铕, gadolinium Gd64 釓|钆, terbium Tb65 鋱|铽, dysprosium Dy66 鏑|镝, holmium Ho67 鈥|钬, erbium Er68 鉺|铒, thulium Tm69 銩|铥, ytterbium Yb70 鐿|镱, lutetium Lu71 鑥|镥
elimination (math) / to eliminate one variable from equations
one's allotted lifespan
first wife
propyl alcohol C3H7OH
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
Yuen Long town, Hong Kong Island
finite element (method)

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