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


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