解元
jiè yuán
Pinyin
Definition
解元
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- first-placed candidate in the provincial imperial examinations (old)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to understand
- 2 to realize
- 3 to find out
- 1 surname Yuan
- 2 the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
- 1 to comprehend
- 2 to understand
- 3 comprehension
- 4 understanding
- 1 to settle (a dispute)
- 2 to resolve
- 3 to solve
- 4 to dispose of
- 5 to dispatch
Idioms (20)
一元复始
- 1 a new year begins (idiom)
一知半解
- 1 lit. to know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge
- 2 dilettante
- 3 amateur
不求甚解
- 1 lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview
- 2 not bothered with the details
- 3 superficial
- 4 content with shallow understanding
元恶大憝
- 1 arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
善解人意
- 1 to be good at understanding others (idiom)