At first, the gugin had only five strings, representing the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire and earth.

起初，古琴只有五根弦，代表金、木、水、火、土五种元素。

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In the ancient Chinese theory of the Five Elements, each had an associated color.

在古代中国的阴阳五行学里，每一项都有一个相关的颜色。

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And they represent for five Olympic rings and also the five elements in Chinese philosophy.

它们代表五个奥运环，也代表中国哲学中的五行。

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All of these from the group one and two through the group five and six elements, but what about elements, what about molecules like hydrogen, or nitrogen, or maybe oxygen?

所有的这些都是来自于第一主族和第二组主族,到第五主族和第六组主族的悬殊，那么元素呢，比如氢气，氮气或氧气那样的分子呢？

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Smallest five elements at the front.

最小的五个元素到前面了。

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Their account appears to be based on unreliable popularisations, and they cannot even get right the number of elements in Aristotle's universe (it is five, not four).

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