元宵

 

Pinyin: yuán xiāo

Meaning: rice glue ball

Sentence: According to chinese customs, people have yuanxiao, or rice glue ball, on the night of the latern festival, because yuanxiao means reunio and perfection..按照习俗，元宵节晚上要吃元宵，因为元宵意味着团圆和美满。

 

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元： 

 

Pinyin: yuán
Meaning: beginning; first
Radical: 二
Stokes: 4
Traditional: 元
Common words/Phrase:
元旦  [yuán dàn]      【New Years Day】 

元件  [yuán jiàn]      【component element】 

元老   [yuán lǎo]      【senior statesman】

元配  [yuán pèi]       【the first wife】

元凶  [yuán xiōng]     【prime culprit】

 

宵： 

 

Pinyin: xiāo
Meaning: night
Radical:  宀
Stokes: 10
Traditional: 宵
Common words/Phrase:
宵旰   [xiāo gàn]        【labor incessantly on duty】 

宵禁   [xiāo jìn]        【curfew】