三元 sān yuán

  1. sān yuán set phrase heaven, earth, and man
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 天、地、人 (Guoyu '三元' 1)
  2. sān yuán proper noun New Year's Day
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the lunar calendar; in the sense of 正月初一 (Guoyu '三元' 2)
  3. sān yuán proper noun the three yuan festivals
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Namely 上元 Yuanxiaojie, 中元 Zhongyuan, and 下元 Xiayuan (Guoyu '三元' 3)
  4. sān yuán proper noun the top candidates in each of the three imperial exams
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Namely 解元 jieyuan, 会元 huiyuan, and 狀元 zhuangyuan (Guoyu '三元' 4)
  5. sān yuán set phrase the three elements
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In Taoism, namely 天 heaven, 地 earth, and 水 water (Guoyu '三元' 5)
  6. sān yuán proper noun San Yuan
    Domain: Commerce 商务 , Subdomain: China , Concept: Company 公司
    Notes: (Wikipedia '三元集团')

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