1 surname Yuan

2 the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)

1 old variant of 和[hé]

1 music

2 classifier: 张 zhāng

3 classifier: 曲 qǔ

4 classifier: 段 duàn

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 a new year begins (idiom)

1 to echo one another (idiom)

1 to keep on the right side of everyone (idiom)

2 warm and affable

1 lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom)

2 fig. at a total loss

1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)

2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business

3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)