yuān yuán
origin
source
relationship
yuān bó
erudite
profound
learned
extremely knowledgeable
Táo Yuān míng
Tao Yuanming (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet
Lǐ Yuān
Li Yuan, personal name of first Tang emperor Gaozu 唐高祖[Tang2 Gao1 zu3] (566-635), reigned 618-626
lín yuān xiàn yú
see 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網|临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网[lin2 yuan1 xian4 yu2 , bu4 ru2 tui4 er2 jie2 wang3]
Yán Yuān
Yan Yuan (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3], also known as 顏回|颜回[Yan2 Hui2]
tiān yuān
distance between two poles
poles apart
Liú Yuān
Liu Yuan, warlord at the end of the Western Jin dynasty 西晋, founder of Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms 成漢|成汉 (304-347)
lín yuān xiàn yú bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng
rather than admiring fish, go home and weave a net
lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng
better to return home and weave a net than stand by water and desire the fishes (idiom)
one should take practical steps to achieve one’s aims
it is vain to fish without a hook, or read without a book
yuān sǒu
lit. abyss and marsh, meeting place of fish and beast
fig. breeding ground of crime
robbers' hide-out
den of thieves
hotbed of vice
sink of iniquity
tiān yuān zhī bié
a complete contrast
totally different
Táng Gāo zǔ Lǐ Yuān
Li Yuan (566-635), first Tang emperor Gaozu, reigned 618-626
yuān shēn
profound (knowledge)
erudite
yuān yuān
deep and still
sound of a drum
yuān hǎi
abyss of ocean
vast and profound (idiom)
yuān guǎng
broad and extensive (of knowledge etc)
bù chì tiān yuān
no less than from heaven to the abyss (idiom); differing widely
worlds apart
the gap couldn't be bigger
yuān shí
erudite and sophisticated
yuān móu
profound or erudite plans
yuān yì
deep and profound meaning
yuān lǜ
profound thoughts or ideas
xiǎo yuān huì sān
Obuchi Keizō (1937-2000), Japanese politician
Qiān niǎo yuān guó jiā gōng mù
Chidori ga fuchi, national war cemetery in Tokyo
also called Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Xiǎo yuān
Obuchi (Japanese surname)
Xiǎo yuān Huì sān
Obuchi Keizo (1937-2000), Japanese politician, prime minister 1998-2000
yuān lǜ
profound thoughts or ideas
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