册府元龟
Cè fǔ yuán guī
Pinyin

Definition

册府元龟
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Cè fǔ yuán guī
  1. Prime tortoise of the record bureau, Song dynasty historical encyclopedia of political essays, autobiography, memorials and decrees, compiled 1005-1013 under Wang Qinruo 王欽若|王钦若 and Yang Yi 楊億|杨亿, 1000 scrolls

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

元
Yuán
  1. 1 surname Yuan
  2. 2 the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
元宵
yuán xiāo
  1. 1 Lantern Festival
  2. 2 night of the 15th of the first lunar month
  3. 3 see also 元夜[yuán yè]
  4. 4 sticky rice dumplings
元宵节
Yuán xiāo jié
  1. 1 Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
元宝
Yuán bǎo
  1. 1 Yuanbao district of Dandong city 丹東市|丹东市[Dān dōng shì], Liaoning
元旦
Yuán dàn
  1. 1 New Year's Day
元月
Yuán yuè
  1. 1 first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
元气
yuán qì
  1. 1 strength
  2. 2 vigor
  3. 3 vitality
  4. 4 (TCM) vital energy
元素
yuán sù
  1. 1 element
  2. 2 element of a set
  3. 3 chemical element
公元
gōng yuán
  1. 1 CE (Common Era)
  2. 2 Christian Era
  3. 3 AD (Anno Domini)
单元
dān yuán
  1. 1 unit (forming an entity)
  2. 2 element
  3. 3 (in a residential building) entrance or staircase
城府
chéng fǔ
  1. 1 subtle
  2. 2 shrewd
  3. 3 sophisticated
市政府
shì zhèng fǔ
  1. 1 city hall
  2. 2 city government
府
fǔ
  1. 1 seat of government
  2. 2 government repository (archive)
  3. 3 official residence
  4. 4 mansion
  5. 5 presidential palace
  6. 6 (honorific) Your home
  7. 7 prefecture (from Tang to Qing times)
政府
zhèng fǔ
  1. 1 government
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
日元
Rì yuán
  1. 1 Japanese yen (unit of currency)
  2. 2 also written 日圓|日圆
次元
cì yuán
  1. 1 dimension (loanword, from Japanese)
欧元
Ōu yuán
  1. 1 euro (currency)
欧元区
Ōu yuán qū
  1. 1 Eurozone
状元
zhuàng yuán
  1. 1 top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system)
  2. 2 see 榜眼[bǎng yǎn] and 探花[tàn huā]
  3. 3 top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gāo kǎo]
  4. 4 (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field
  5. 5 leading light
王府井
Wáng fǔ jǐng
  1. 1 Wangfujing neighborhood of central Beijing, famous for shopping

Idioms (5)

一元复始
yī yuán fù shǐ
  1. 1 a new year begins (idiom)
元恶大憝
yuán è dà duì
  1. 1 arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
胸有城府
xiōng yǒu chéng fǔ
  1. 1 subtle way of thinking (idiom); hard to fathom
  2. 2 deep and shrewd
胸无城府
xiōng wú chéng fǔ
  1. 1 open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything
  2. 2 ingenuous
行行出状元
háng háng chū zhuàng yuán
  1. 1 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

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