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状元

zhuàng yuán
HSK 3.0 Level 7

Definitions

  • top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system)
  • see 榜眼[bǎng yǎn] and 探花[tàn huā]
  • top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gāo kǎo]
  • (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field
  • leading light

Child Words of 状元