国子监
Traditional form:
國子監
Pinyin (reading):
Guózǐjiàn
Definitions:
- Imperial College (or Academy), the highest educational body in imperial China
Characters:
- 国 - country, nation, state; national
- 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
- 监 - to supervise, to direct, to control; to inspect; prison, jail
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