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】
