掄元

to win the top award / to come first in the examination rankings

to swing (one's arms, a heavy object) / to wave (a sword, one's fists) / to fling (money)

to select

surname Yuan / the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)

currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / first / original / primary / fundamental / constituent / part / era (of a reign) / meta- (prefix) / (math.) argument / variable / (Tw) (geology) eon