Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

狀元

zhuàngyuán

ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄩㄢˊ

Simplified 状元

  1. 1top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system)
  2. 2see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1]
  3. 3top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3]
  4. 4(fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field
  5. 5leading light

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