西元
xī yuán
Pinyin

Definition

西元
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xī yuán
  1. (Tw) Christian era
  2. Gregorian calendar
  3. AD (Anno Domini)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

元
Yuán
  1. 1 surname Yuan
  2. 2 the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
东西
dōng xī
  1. 1 east and west
西
Xī
  1. 1 the West
  2. 2 abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xī bān yá]
  3. 3 Spanish
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)
中西合璧
Zhōng Xī hé bì
  1. 1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)
元恶大憝
yuán è dà duì
  1. 1 arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
各奔东西
gè bèn dōng xī
  1. 1 to go separate ways (idiom)
  2. 2 to part ways with sb
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [gè bēn dōng xī]
喝西北风
hē xī běi fēng
  1. 1 lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry

Sample Sentences

请输入您的西元出生年月日，如果您的出生日期为一九八七年五月十二日，请输入一九八七零五一二，输入完毕请按井字键。
qǐng shūrù nín de xīyuán chūshēng nián yuè rì ，rúguǒ nín de chūshēngrìqī wéi yī jiǔ bā qī nián wǔyuè shí èr rì ，qǐng shūrù yī jiǔ bā qī líng Wǔ yī èr ，shūrù wánbì qǐng àn jǐngzìjiàn 。
Please enter your birth date, if you were born on the 12th May, 1987, please enter one nine eight seven zero five one two, then press the hash key.
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