1 surname Yuan

2 the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)

1 name (of a person or thing)

2 classifier: 个 gè

1 letter

2 symbol

3 character

4 word

5 classifier: 个 gè

6 courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China

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 each word is a teardrop (idiom)

1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)

1 one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom)

2 (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect

3 each word is highly valued

1 dispensing praise or blame with a single word (idiom)

2 concise and powerful style