一元复始 — Chinese idiom
一元复始
yī yuán fù shǐ
Traditional: 一元復始
Meaning
- a new year begins
Character by character
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 元yuánfirst; dollar; origin; head
- 复fùagain, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to restore, to
- 始shǐto begin, to start; beginning
Idioms sharing a character
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
- 一丘之貉 yī qiū zhī hé
- 一之为甚 yī zhī wéi shèn
- 一干二净 yī gān èr jìng
- 一了百了 yī liǎo bǎi liǎo
- 一事无成 yī shì wú chéng
- 一五一十 yī wǔ yī shí
- 一以贯之 yī yǐ guàn zhī
- 一刀两断 yī dāo liǎng duàn
- 一分一毫 yī fēn yī háo
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