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"imperial examination system" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
科举制 科舉制 kē jǔ zhì imperial examination system
Chinese Pinyin Translation
状元 狀元 zhuàng yuán top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) / see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1] / top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3] / (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field / leading light syn
下场 下場 xià chǎng to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc) / to take part in some activity / to take an examination (in the imperial examination system) syn
会试 會試 huì shì metropolitan examination (imperial civil service examination) syn
会元 會元 huì yuán provincial imperial examination graduate who ranked 1st in metropolitan examination (in Ming and Qing dynasties)
贡士 貢士 gòng shì (old) candidate who has successfully passed the first grades of the examination system, but not yet the court examination (殿試|殿试[dian4 shi4])
国子监 國子監 guó zǐ jiàn Guozijian, the highest educational administrative body in imperial China, in some dynasties also functioning as the highest institution of academic research and learning (Imperial College, aka Imperial Academy)
院试 院試 yuàn shì the last of the three entry-level exams in the imperial examination system of Ming and Qing dynasties
进学 進學 jìn xué to advance one's learning / to enter the prefecture school under the imperial examination system
府试 府試 fǔ shì prefectural exam, the 2nd of the three entry-level exams in the imperial examination system of Ming and Qing dynasties
体格检查 體格檢查 tǐ gé jiǎn chá physical examination / clinical examination / health checkup
切片检查 切片檢查 qiē piàn jiǎn chá slide examination / microscopic examination of thin section of specimen as part of biopsy
国家竞争性征聘考试 國家競爭性征聘考試 guó jiā jìng zhēng xìng zhēng pìn kǎo shì national competitive recruitment examination / national competitive examination
反狙击手系统 反狙擊手系統 counter-sniper system / sniper-locating system / sniper-detection system / anti-sniper system
狙击手定位系统 狙擊手定位系統 counter-sniper system / sniper-locating system / sniper-detection system / anti-sniper system
进士 進士 jìn shì successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination / palace graduate
三甲 sān jiǎ 3rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination / (hospital ranking) A-grade tertiary (the highest level) (abbr. for 三級甲等|三级甲等[san1 ji2 jia3 deng3])
举人 舉人 jǔ rén graduate / successful candidate in the imperial provincial examination
科举 科舉 kē jǔ imperial examination
二甲 èr jiǎ 2nd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 4th place and up)
及第 jí dì to pass an imperial examination syn
赶考 趕考 gǎn kǎo to go and take an imperial examination syn
折桂 zhé guì to win the laurels / to pass an imperial examination / to win a championship syn
中举 中舉 zhòng jǔ to pass the provincial level imperial examination
不第 bù dì to fail the civil service examination (in imperial China)
蟾宫折桂 蟾宮折桂 chán gōng zhé guì lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon) / fig. to succeed in the imperial examination syn
名落孙山 名落孫山 míng luò sūn shān lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[Sun1 Shan1] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom) / fig. to fail an exam / to fall behind (in a competition) syn
报条 報條 bào tiáo report of success from a candidate to the imperial examination (old) / list of deaths
报录 報錄 bào lù entry pass for imperial examination
廷试 廷試 tíng shì court examination, the top grade imperial exam
得中 dé zhòng (as in an imperial examination) to be a successful candidate / to draw a winning ticket (in a lottery)
捐班 juān bān (old) to obtain an official position through financial contributions (instead of passing the imperial examination) / a person who has done so
武举 武舉 wǔ jǔ successful military candidate in the imperial provincial examination
殿试 殿試 diàn shì court examination, the top grade imperial exam
贡生 貢生 gòng shēng candidate for the Imperial Examination proposed by a tributary state
擢第 zhuó dì to pass the civil service examination (in imperial China)
春试 春試 chūn shì metropolitan civil service examination (held triennially in spring in imperial times) syn
春闱 春闈 chūn wéi metropolitan civil service examination (held triennially in spring in imperial times) / Crown Prince's chambers / by extension, the Crown Prince
案首 àn shǒu candidate who ranked 1st in imperial examination on prefecture or county level (in Ming and Qing dynasties)
举业 舉業 jǔ yè preparatory literary studies for imperial examination
一甲 yī jiǎ 1st rank or top three candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2], 榜眼[bang3 yan3], and 探花[tan4 hua1], respectively)
甲 jiǎ 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° syn
皇朝 huáng cháo the imperial court / the government in imperial times syn
翰林 hàn lín refers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院
庙堂 廟堂 miào táng imperial ancestral temple / imperial court / temple syn
宗室 zōng shì imperial clan / member of the imperial clan / clansman / ancestral shrine syn
独占鳌头 獨佔鰲頭 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) / to be the champion / to be the very best in any field syn
宫人 宮人 gōng rén imperial concubine or palace maid / imperial secretary (old)
石狮子 石獅子 shí shī zi guardian lion, a lion statue traditionally placed at the entrance of Chinese imperial palaces, imperial tombs, temples etc
庙 廟 miào temple / ancestral shrine / CL:座[zuo4] / temple fair / great imperial hall / imperial syn
上方宝剑 上方寶劍 shàng fāng bǎo jiàn imperial sword (giving bearer plenipotentiary powers) / imperial Chinese version of 007 licensed to kill syn
翰林学士 翰林學士 hàn lín xué shì members of the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院, employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards
宗正 zōng zhèng Director of the Imperial Clan in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]
沈阳故宫 瀋陽故宮 shěn yáng gù gōng Mukden Palace, aka Shenyang Imperial Palace, the main imperial palace during the early years of the Qing dynasty (1625-1644), a secondary palace in subsequent years, now a museum
御厨 御廚 yù chú imperial chef / imperial kitchen
独占鳌头 獨占鰲頭 dú zhàn - áo tóu (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 syn
等轴晶系 等軸晶系 děng zhóu jīng xì cubical system (crystallography) / crystal system based on cubic lattice / equiaxial crystal system
点火系统 點火繫統 diǎn huǒ xì tǒng triggering system / firing system / firing set / fusing system
欧洲账户体系 歐洲賬戶体系 ōu zhōu zhàng hù tǐ xì European System of Accounts / European System of Accounts 1995 / European System of National and Regional Accounts
欧洲国民和地区账户体系 歐洲國民和地區賬戶體系 European System of Accounts / European System of Accounts 1995 / European System of National and Regional Accounts
联合国薪金、津贴和福利共同制度 聯合國薪金、津貼和福利共同制度 United Nations Common System of Salaries, Allowances and Benefits / United Nations Common System / Common System
联合国共同制度 聯合國共同制度 lián hé guó gòng tòng zhì duó United Nations Common System of Salaries, Allowances and Benefits / United Nations Common System / Common System
共同制度 gòng tòng zhì duó United Nations Common System of Salaries, Allowances and Benefits / United Nations Common System / Common System
盎司 àng sī ounce (British imperial system) (loanword) syn
唡 啢 liǎng ounce (British imperial system) (old)
试卷 試卷 shì juàn examination paper / test paper / CL:份[fen4],張|张[zhang1] syn
报考 報考 bào kǎo to enter oneself for an examination syn
笔试 筆試 bǐ shì written examination / paper test (for an applicant)
招考 zhāo kǎo to advertise an entrance examination for an academic institution (old)
入场 入場 rù chǎng to enter the venue for a meeting / to enter into an examination / to enter a stadium, arena etc
化验 化驗 huà yàn chemical examination / to do a lab test
切片 qiē piàn to slice / slice / thin section of a specimen (for microscopic examination) syn
联考 聯考 lián kǎo entrance examination
统考 統考 tǒng kǎo unified examination (e.g. across the country)
预审 預審 yù shěn preliminary hearing / interrogation (of a suspect) / preliminary examination (of a project etc)
会考 會考 huì kǎo unified examination
答卷 dá juàn completed examination paper / answer sheet / CL:份[fen4],張|张[zhang1]
口试 口試 kǒu shì oral examination / oral test
探花 tàn huā candidate who came third in the Hanlin examination (cf. 狀元|状元[zhuang4yuan2]) / (slang) to secretly film sex with a prostitute to share on the Internet
卷子 juàn zi test paper / examination paper syn
考试院 考試院 kǎo shì yuàn Examination Yuan, the qualification and appointment board under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan / exam board
重新审视 重新審視 chóng xīn shěn shì a re-examination / to have another look at sth
榜眼 bǎng yǎn candidate who came second in the Han-lin examination / see 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]
交卷 jiāo juàn to hand in one's examination script syn
验尸 驗屍 yàn shī autopsy / postmortem examination
质证 質證 zhì zhèng examination of the evidence of the opposing party in a court of law
勘验 勘驗 kān yàn to investigate / examination syn
打枪 打槍 dǎ qiāng to fire a gun / to substitute for sb in sitting an examination syn
孝廉 xiào lián xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing / successful second degree candidate
投考 tóu kǎo to sign up for an examination / to apply for admission (to a university etc) / to apply (for a position) syn
及格线 及格線 jí gé xiàn passing line or score (in an examination)
触诊 觸診 chù zhěn body palpation (diagnostic method in TCM) / tactile examination
试 試 shì to test / to try / experiment / examination / test syn
卷 juàn scroll / book / volume / chapter / examination paper / classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll syn
期攷 qī kǎo end of term examination
五权宪法 五權憲法 wǔ quán xiàn fǎ Sun Yat-sen's Five-power constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan / The five courts or 院[yuan4] are 行政院[xing2 zheng4 yuan4] Executive yuan, 立法院[li4 fa3 yuan4] Legislative yuan, 司法院[si1 fa3 yuan4] Judicial yuan, 考試院|考试院[kao3 shi4 yuan4] Examination yuan, 監察院|监察院[jian1 cha2 yuan4] Control yuan
五院 wǔ yuàn the five yuan (administrative branches of government) of the Republic of China under Sun Yat-sen's constitution: 行政院[Xing2 zheng4 yuan4] Executive Yuan, 立法院[Li4 fa3 yuan4] Legislative Yuan, 司法院[Si1 fa3 yuan4] Judicial Yuan, 考試院|考试院[Kao3 shi4 yuan4] Examination Yuan, 監察院|监察院[Jian1 cha2 yuan4] Control Yuan
审酌 審酌 shěn zhuó examination / to check and review
后诊 後診 hòu zhěn postoperative examination
普通高等学校招生全国统一考试 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試 pǔ tōng gāo děng xué xiào zhāo shēng quán guó tǒng yī kǎo shì NCEE, National College Entrance Examination (college entrance exam in PRC) / usually abbr. to 高考[gao1 kao3]
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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