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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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *元* | 元* | *元
surname Yuan / Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
poly- / multi- / multielement / multivariant / multivariate (math.)
HSK 7-9
two-dimensional / the fictional worlds of anime, comics and games
Qingyuan county in Lishui 麗水|丽水, Zhejiang
three-dimensional / the real world (cf. 二次元)
renminbi yuan (RMB), PRC currency unit
Hong Kong dollar
duality / dual / bipolar / binary
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
8-bit (computing)
New Age (movement)
new era; new epoch
neuron
(old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元, metropolitan 會元|会元 and palace 狀元|状元
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
Cui Yongyuan (1963-), TV presenter
Epoch Times, US newspaper
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)
64-bit (computing)
gigabit
(Tw) (computing) bit
Tang emperor Xuanzong's 唐玄宗 reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity
elimination (math) / to eliminate one variable from equations
one's allotted lifespan
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
finite element (method)
to change an emperor's or ruler's reign title (old)
first-placed candidate in the provincial imperial examinations (old)
kilobit
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
pixel (remote sensing imagery)
to win the top award / to come first in the examination rankings
(computing) central processing unit (CPU)
time immemorial / origin of the universe / the world
Japanese yen (unit of currency) / also written 日圓|日圆
calendar era / epoch
kyat, currency of Myanmar
32-bit (computing)
provincial imperial examination graduate who ranked 1st in metropolitan examination (in Ming and Qing dynasties)
(Tw) Christian era / Gregorian calendar / AD (Anno Domini)
character (computing) (Tw)
finite element (method)
indeterminate element (math.), often denoted by x
identity element (math.)
(computing) graphics processing unit (GPU)
(computing) wildcard character (Tw)
(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)
scholar-official in the Qing dynasty (1764-1849)
brightest and best / chief / first among peers
16-bit (computing)
(math.) argument / variable
modular unit
dimension (loanword, from Japanese)
flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀圓|银圆 / silver dollar
interneuron
Yao Wenyuan (1931-2005), one of the Gang of Four
Song Dynasty History of Zen Buddhism in China (1252), 20 scrolls
variant of 復原|复原


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