元首
yuán shǒu
Pinyin

Definition

元首
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yuán shǒu
  1. head of state

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

元
Yuán
  1. 1 surname Yuan
  2. 2 the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
首
shǒu
  1. 1 head
  2. 2 chief
  3. 3 first (occasion, thing etc)
  4. 4 classifier for poems, songs etc
首页
shǒu yè
  1. 1 home page (of a website)
  2. 2 title page
  3. 3 front page
  4. 4 first page
  5. 5 fig. beginning
  6. 6 cover letter
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

Idioms (20)

一元复始
yī yuán fù shǐ
  1. 1 a new year begins (idiom)
低首下心
dī shǒu xià xīn
  1. 1 to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
俯首帖耳
fǔ shǒu tiē ěr
  1. 1 bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient
  2. 2 at sb's beck and call
俯首称臣
fǔ shǒu chēng chén
  1. 1 to bow before (idiom)
  2. 2 to capitulate
元恶大憝
yuán è dà duì
  1. 1 arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)

Sample Sentences

尊敬的各位国家元首，政府首脑，各位国际组织负责人，女士们，先生们，朋友们。
zūnjìng de gèwèi guójiāyuánshǒu ，zhèngfǔshǒunǎo ，gèwèi guójì zǔzhī fùzérén ，nǚshì men ，xiānsheng men ，péngyou men 。
Honoured heads of states and government leaders, representatives of international organizations, ladies, gentlemen, friends.
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全国同胞们尊敬的各位国家元首、政府首脑和联合国等国际组织代表，尊敬的各位来宾，全体受阅将士们女士们、先生们，同志们朋友们：
quánguó tóngbāo men zūnjìng de gèwèi guójiā yuánshǒu 、zhèngfǔ shǒunǎo hé Liánhéguó děng guójìzǔzhī dàibiǎo ，zūnjìng de gèwèi láibīn ，quántǐ shòu yuè jiàngshì men nǚshìmen 、xiānshēngmen ，tóngzhì men péngyǒumen ：
Comrades from around the country, venerable international leaders, heads of governments and representatives of international organizations such as the UN, honorable guests, soldiers and officers due to be inspected, ladies, gentlemen, comrades and friends:
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绿波廊”曾经接待过许多国内外元首，美国总统克林顿、英国女王伊丽莎白二世，还有江泽民、朱镕基等中央领导都去那里吃过饭，那里的菜肴、环境和服务水平可都是一流的。
lǜbōláng ”céngjīng jiēdài guo xǔduō guónèiwài yuánshǒu ，Měiguo zǒngtǒng Kèlíndùn 、Yīngguó nǚwáng Yīlíshābái èrshì ，hái yǒu Jiāng Zémín 、Zhū Róngjī děng zhōngyāng lǐngdǎo dōu qù nàli chī guo fàn ，nàli de càiyáo 、huánjìng hé fúwù shuǐpíng kě dōu shì yīliú de 。
A lot of foreign and domestic leaders were received at ''Lǜ Bo Lang." American President Bill Clinton, Queen Elizabeth II of the U.K., as well as Jiang Zemin and Zhu Rongji and other leaders from the central government all went there to eat. The food, environment and level of service there are all top-drawer.
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