落榜
落榜
luò bǎng
to fail the imperial exams; to flunk
verb
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- (verb) to fail the imperial exams
- to flunk
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Related Words
不及格(bù jí gé)— to fail
→不第(bù dì)— to fail the civil service examination (in imperial China)
→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)
→八股文(bā gǔ wén)— eight-part essay one had to master to pass the imperial exams in Ming and Qing dynasties
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