Dictionary Entry: 状元
Word
Pinyin
New HSK
状元
zhuàng yuán
7
top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) ꞏ see 榜眼[bǎng yǎn] and 探花[tàn huā] ꞏ top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gāo kǎo] ꞏ (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field ꞏ leading light
