不第
不第
bù dì
to fail the civil service examination (in imperial China)
verb
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- (verb) to fail the civil service examination (in imperial China)
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Related Words
名落孙山(míng luò Sūn Shān)— lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[Sun1 Shan1] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom)
→擢第(zhuó dì)— to pass the civil service examination (in imperial China)
→春试(chūn shì)— metropolitan civil service examination (held triennially in spring in imperial times)
→春闱(chūn wéi)— metropolitan civil service examination (held triennially in spring in imperial times)
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