元旦
Yuán dàn
Pinyin

Definition

元旦
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Yuán dàn
  1. New Year's Day

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

元
Yuán
  1. 1 surname Yuan
  2. 2 the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
一旦
yī dàn
  1. 1 in case (sth happens)
  2. 2 if
  3. 3 once (sth happens, then...)
  4. 4 when
  5. 5 in a short time
  6. 6 in one day
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
元宝
Yuán bǎo
  1. 1 Yuanbao district of Dandong city 丹東市|丹东市[Dān dōng shì], Liaoning
元旦
Yuán dàn
  1. 1 New Year's Day
元月
Yuán yuè
  1. 1 first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
元气
yuán qì
  1. 1 strength
  2. 2 vigor
  3. 3 vitality
  4. 4 (TCM) vital energy
元素
yuán sù
  1. 1 element
  2. 2 element of a set
  3. 3 chemical element
公元
gōng yuán
  1. 1 CE (Common Era)
  2. 2 Christian Era
  3. 3 AD (Anno Domini)
复旦
Fù dàn
  1. 1 Fudan University, Shanghai, abbr. for 復旦大學|复旦大学[Fù dàn Dà xué]
撒旦
Sā dàn
  1. 1 Satan or Shaitan
日元
Rì yuán
  1. 1 Japanese yen (unit of currency)
  2. 2 also written 日圓|日圆
次元
cì yuán
  1. 1 dimension (loanword, from Japanese)
欧元
Ōu yuán
  1. 1 euro (currency)
欧元区
Ōu yuán qū
  1. 1 Eurozone
状元
zhuàng yuán
  1. 1 top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system)
  2. 2 see 榜眼[bǎng yǎn] and 探花[tàn huā]
  3. 3 top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gāo kǎo]
  4. 4 (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field
  5. 5 leading light
美元
Měi yuán
  1. 1 American dollar
  2. 2 US dollar
花旦
huā dàn
  1. 1 role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera
一元
yī yuán
  1. 1 single variable (math.)
  2. 2 univariate

Idioms (8)

一元复始
yī yuán fù shǐ
  1. 1 a new year begins (idiom)
元恶大憝
yuán è dà duì
  1. 1 arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
危在旦夕
wēi zài dàn xī
  1. 1 in imminent peril (idiom)
  2. 2 on the brink of crisis
命在旦夕
mìng zài dàn xī
  1. 1 to be at death's door (idiom)
天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福
tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú
  1. 1 fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment
枕戈待旦
zhěn gē dài dàn
  1. 1 to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom)
  2. 2 fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle
行行出状元
háng háng chū zhuàng yuán
  1. 1 lit. in every trade, a master appears (idiom); fig. You can produce outstanding achievements in any task, provided you put it enough love and diligence
通宵达旦
tōng xiāo dá dàn
  1. 1 overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long
  2. 2 day and night

Sample Sentences

元旦快乐！
yuándàn kuàilè ！
Happy New Year!
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对，最近圣诞、元旦、春节好几个热门档期有几十部电影上映。有一部国产片好像挺不错，叫……
duì ，zuìjìn shèngdàn 、yuándàn 、chūnjié hǎo jǐ ge rèmén dàngqī yǒu jǐshí bù diànyǐng shàngyìng 。yǒu yī bù guóchǎnpiān hǎoxiàng tǐng bùcuò ，jiào ……
Yes, it is about to be Christmas, the New Year and Spring Festival, so several popular theaters have several films showing. There is a Chinese film that looks good, it is called...
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我不过元旦，在家睡觉！你呢？
wǒ bù guò yuándàn ，zài jiā shuìjiào ！nǐ ne ？
I'm not doing anything for New Year's. I'm going to be at home asleep. You?
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元旦怎么过？
yuándàn zěnme guò ？
How are you spending New Year's?
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