元朝
Yuán cháo
Pinyin
Definition
元朝
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- Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 surname Yuan
- 2 the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
- 1 at the present
- 2 now
- 1 Lantern Festival
- 2 night of the 15th of the first lunar month
- 3 see also: 元夜 yuán yè
- 4 sticky rice dumplings
- 1 Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
- 1 Yuanbao district of Dandong city 丹東市|丹东市[Dān dōng shì], Liaoning
Idioms (20)
一元复始
- 1 a new year begins (idiom)
一朝一夕
- 1 lit. one morning and one evening (idiom)
- 2 fig. in a short period of time
- 3 overnight
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳
- 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
- 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
人生如朝露
- 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
人生朝露
- 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
Sample Sentences
嗯,我见过。和你有一样的感觉。不过四合院的起源比石库门早很多。我看书上说,四合院元朝就有了。它之所以叫四合院,是因为房屋是由东西南北四面包围,呈口字形, 中间是花园。大片的四合院中间的通道叫胡同。唉,你知道石库门的起源吗?
Yes, I’ve seen those. I agree with you. Siheyuan have a much older origin than shikumen. According to a book that I read, they date back to the Yuan Dynasty. They got their name because the rooms are surrounded on four sides by walls, forming a square shape. The garden is in the center. The lanes running through blocks of siheyuan are called hutong. Do you know the origin of shikumen?