| 五灯会元 |
Wǔ dēng Huì yuán |
Song Dynasty History of Zen Buddhism in China (1252), 20 scrolls |
| 五 |
wǔ |
five / 5 |
| 灯 |
dēng |
lamp / light / lantern / CL:盏 |
| 灯会 |
dēng huì |
carnival during the Lantern Festival, with lantern displays and traditional folk performances such as stilt walking and lion dance |
| 会 |
huì |
can; to have the skill; to know how to / to be likely to; to be sure to / to meet; to get together / meeting; gathering / (suffix) union; group; association / (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3]) |
| 会 |
kuài |
(bound form) to reckon accounts |
| 会元 |
huì yuán |
provincial imperial examination graduate who ranked 1st in metropolitan examination (in Ming and Qing dynasties) |
| 元 |
Yuán |
surname Yuan / Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) |
| 元 |
yuán |
currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first; original; primary / (bound form) basic; fundamental / (bound form) constituent; part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument; variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon |