(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just
first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
(medicine) hyperplasia / (abbr. for 增廣生員|增广生员[zeng1guang3 sheng1yuan2]) a scholar studying for the Ming dynasty imperial examinations who did not make the quota for support in the form of a monthly allowance of rice that students who made the quota received
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) / to be the champion / to be the very best in any field
policy / plan / scheme / bamboo slip for writing (old) / to whip (a horse) / to encourage / riding crop with sharp spines (old) / essay written for the imperial examinations (old) / upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy
(idiom) to come first in triennial palace examinations (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) / to be the champion / to be the very best in any field / variant of 獨佔鰲頭|独占鳌头[du2 zhan4 ao2 tou2]
(idiom) to come first in triennial palace examinations (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) / to be the champion / to be the very best in any field
(idiom) To achieve the highest rank in the imperial examinations. The expression belongs to the traditional vocabulary of the civil-service examinations.
policy / plan / scheme / bamboo slip for writing (old) / to whip (a horse) / to encourage / riding crop with sharp spines (old) / essay written for the imperial examinations (old) / upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy / variant of 筴|策[ce4]
(old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元[jie4 yuan2], metropolitan 會元|会元[hui4 yuan2] and palace 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]
(old) to rank first in the imperial examinations at the provincial capital, the national capital and the palace successively / (sports etc) to achieve three successes in a row (three matches in a row, three goals in a match etc)
constellation governing scholarship and examinations / (fig.) renowned literary genius / brand name of handheld electronic dictionaries made by Beijing company Golden Global View
(idiom) In the context of the imperial examinations, a relationship between two people who passed in the same year, combined with an ancestral friendship between their families.
(idiom) Refers to an examiner in the imperial civil-service examinations. More generally, it denotes the official responsible for evaluating examination papers.
(idiom) Under the Tang, candidates for the civil-service examinations were highly esteemed and called “white robes of the first rank.” The expression means that they might one day attain the highest official rank, although they still wore white robes at present.
(idiom) To belong to the ranks of candidates who failed the imperial examinations. It describes someone whose official success or career remains unrealized.
(idiom) To pluck a laurel branch from the moon. Figuratively, to succeed in the imperial examinations / more broadly, to pass an examination or win a competition.
(idiom) Refers to the provincial and metropolitan imperial examinations. Traditionally, the former was held in the eighth lunar month and the latter in the third month.
(idiom) 1. To win successive military victories. 2. Today, it mainly refers to achieving a series of good results in sports competitions or examinations.
(idiom) Describes the tense state of candidates in the old civil-service examinations, who had to write in a makeshift shelter within a very limited time.
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