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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Word information

Simplified开国元勋

Traditional開國元勳

Pinyinkāi guó yuán xūn

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

开kāi

to open; to start, to initiate, to begin

国guó

country; nation

元yuán

first; dollar; origin; head

勋xūn

deeds, feats; merit; rank

How to learn 开国元勋

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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开学kāixué

(of a student) to start school; (of a semester) to begin; (old) to found a school; the start of a new term