1. BCE (before the Common Era)2. BC (before Christ)
Yuen Ren Chao (1892-1982), Chinese-American linguist
light element (such as hydrogen)
a new year begins (idiom)
Yuanbaoshan, a district of Chifeng City 赤峰市[chì fēng shì], Inner Mongolia
retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
to ruin one's constitution
retroflex vowel (e.g. the final r of putonghua)
rare earth element (chemistry)
diphthong (such as putonghua ɑi, ei etc)
赵公元帅 趙公元帥 zhào gōng yuán shuài Marshal Zhao, aka Zhao Gongming or Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism
1. (old) to rank first in the imperial examinations at the provincial capital, the national capital and the palace successively2. (sports etc) to achieve three successes in a row (three matches in a row, three goals in a match etc)
actinoids (rare earth series), namely: actinium Ac89 锕[ā], thorium Th90 钍[tǔ], protoactinium Pa91 镤[pú], uranium U92 铀[yóu], neptunium Ne93 镎[ná], plutonium Pu94 钚[bù], americium Am95 镅[méi], curium Cm96 锔[jú], berkelium Bk97 锫[péi], californium Cf98 锎[kāi], einsteinium Es99 锿[āi], fermium Fm100 镄[fèi], mendelevium Md101 钔[mén], nobelium No102 锘[nuò], lawrencium Lr103 铹[láo]
lanthanoid (rare earth series), namely: lanthanum La57 镧[lán], cerium Ce58 铈[shì], praseodymium Pr59 镨[pǔ], neodymium Nd60 钕[nǚ], promethium Pm61 钷[pǒ], samarium Sm62 钐[shān], europium Eu63 铕[yǒu], gadolinium Gd64 钆[gá], terbium Tb65 铽[tè], dysprosium Dy66 镝[dī], holmium Ho67 钬[huǒ], erbium Er68 铒[ěr], thulium Tm69 铥[diū], ytterbium Yb70 镱[yì], lutetium Lu71 镥[lǔ]
1. variant of 开国元勋, founding figure (of country or dynasty)2. founding father3. fig. also used of company, school etc
1. founding figure (of a country or dynasty)2. founding father3. fig. also used of company or school etc
行行出状元 行行出狀元 háng háng chū zhuàng yuán 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
see 元宝山区[yuán bǎo shān qū]
variant of 原原本本[yuán yuán běn běn]
1. final years of Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)2. mid 14th century
1. primordial spirit2. fundamental essence of life
1. to win the top award2. to come first in the examination rankings
dimension (loanword, from Japanese)
1. elimination (math)2. to eliminate one variable from equations
1. time immemorial2. origin of the universe3. the world
kyat (currency of Myanmar)
(computing) token (in NLP and AI)
1. (math.) argument2. variable
(chemistry) triol; alcohol with three hydroxyl groups
triphthong (such as putonghua uei etc)
1. three-dimensional2. the real world (cf. 二次元[èr cì yuán])
indeterminate element (math.), often denoted by x