解元
jiè yuán
Pinyin

Definition

解元
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jiè yuán
  1. first-placed candidate in the provincial imperial examinations (old)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

liǎo jiě
  1. 1 to understand
  2. 2 to realize
  3. 3 to find out
Yuán
  1. 1 surname Yuan
  2. 2 the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
lǐ jiě
  1. 1 to comprehend
  2. 2 to understand
  3. 3 comprehension
  4. 4 understanding
jiě jué
  1. 1 to settle (a dispute)
  2. 2 to resolve
  3. 3 to solve
  4. 4 to dispose of
  5. 5 to dispatch
jiě shì
  1. 1 explanation
  2. 2 to explain
  3. 3 to interpret
  4. 4 to resolve
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

一元复始
yī yuán fù shǐ
  1. 1 a new year begins (idiom)
一知半解
yī zhī bàn jiě
  1. 1 lit. to know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge
  2. 2 dilettante
  3. 3 amateur
不求甚解
bù qiú shèn jiě
  1. 1 lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview
  2. 2 not bothered with the details
  3. 3 superficial
  4. 4 content with shallow understanding
元恶大憝
yuán è dà duì
  1. 1 arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
善解人意
shàn jiě rén yì
  1. 1 to be good at understanding others (idiom)