状元狀元 zhuàng yuán — top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system)
zhuàng (fourth tone, falling) yuán (second tone, rising)zhuang4 yuan2
Traditional: 狀元
top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system)
Levels 7–9· 2021 three-band, nine-level proficiency standardnoun
Meanings
top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system)
top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see 眼 and 花; top scorer in college entrance examination 考; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field; leading light
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