Word information
Simplified开国元勋
Traditional開國元勳
Pinyinkāi guó yuán xūn
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Chinese word dictionary
开国元勋
kāi guó yuán xūn · founding figure (of a country or dynasty); founding father; fig. also used of company or school etc
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国guó
country; nation; state; (bound form) national; surname Guo
开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
开车kāichēto drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual joke
元yuáncurrency 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; surname Yuan; Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
中国ZhōngguóChina
出国chūguóto go abroad; to leave the country