解元
解元
jiè yuán
first-placed candidate in the provincial imperial examinations (old)
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- first-placed candidate in the provincial imperial examinations (old)
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Related Words
报条(bào tiáo)· report of success from a candidate to the imperial examination (old)
→增生(zēng shēng)· growth (of organism)
→武举(wǔ jǔ)· successful military candidate in the imperial provincial examination
→独占鳌头(dú zhàn áo tóu)· to come first in triennial palace examinations (idiom, refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand)
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