| 状元 |
zhuàng yuán |
top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) / see 榜眼 and 探花 / top scorer in college entrance examination 高考 / (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field / leading light |
| 状 |
zhuàng |
(bound form) form; appearance; shape / (bound form) state; condition / (bound form) to describe / (bound form) written complaint; lawsuit / (bound form) certificate |
| 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 |