huì yuándictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
provincial imperial examination graduate who ranked 1st in metropolitan examination (in Ming and Qing dynasties)
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Original source entry:

會元 会元 [hui4 yuan2] /provincial imperial examination graduate who ranked 1st in metropolitan examination (in Ming and Qing dynasties)/

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Other forms in these source records: 會元

  • 会
    huì

    can / to have the skill / to know how to / to be likely to / to be sure to / to meet / to get together / meeting / gathering / (suffix) union / group / association / (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [huǐ])

    kuài

    (bound form) to reckon accounts

  • 元
    yuán

    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

    Yuán

    surname Yuan / Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)

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