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册府元龟

Cè fǔ yuán guī

4-character word Traditional 冊府元龜

What 册府元龟 means

1. Prime tortoise of the record bureau, Song dynasty historical encyclopedia of political essays, autobiography, memorials and decrees, compiled 1005-1013 under Wang Qinruo 王钦若 and Yang Yi 杨亿, 1000 scrolls

The characters in 册府元龟

• 册cèbook; booklet; classifier for books
• 府fǔseat of government; government repository (archive); official residence
• 元yuáncurrency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary…
• 龟guītortoise; turtle; (colloquial) cuckold