辕
Meaning
yuán yuan2
- shaft of a cart or carriage
- (bound form) entrance gate of a military camp or yamen; (fig.) government office
Example sentences
Words with 辕
- 车辕 chēyuán shaft of a traditional animal-drawn vehicle (cart, carriage, wagon etc), connecting the harness to the vehicle body
- 驾辕 jiàyuán to pull a carriage (of draft animal)
- 南辕北辙 nányuánběizhé to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
- 轩辕 XuānYuán Xuan Yuan, personal name of Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor 黄帝 (Huáng dì)
- 轩辕氏 Xuānyuánshì alternative name for the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝
- 轩辕十四 Xuānyuánshísì Regulus (constellation)