元年 yuán nián — first year of a reign/era

元年
yuán nián

Characters: 元 · 年

Definitions

  1. first year of a reign/era

More definitions

CC-CEDICT

  1. first year of an emperor's reign
  2. first year of an era
  3. first year of a significant time period

ExtDict

  1. 帝王即位的第一年
  2. 指帝王改换年号的第一年。如汉武帝刘彻第一个年号是建元，建元七年改换年号为元光，这一年就是元光元年。

Examples

  • 贞观元年，天下初定。

    In the first year of the Zhenguan era, the realm had just settled.

  • 新帝即位，改元建元，称元年。

    On ascending the throne, the new emperor set a new era and called it the first year.