三saam1元jyun4

English

1. see 三元區|三元区[San1 yuan2 Qu1]
2. (old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元[jie4 yuan2], metropolitan 會元|会元[hui4 yuan2] and palace 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]

Examples

• 我用三元一打的價錢買了這些東西。

  I buy the goods at $3 a dozen.

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