应试教育

Traditional form:

應試教育

Pinyin (reading):

yìngshìjiàoyù

Definitions:

• exam-oriented education
• teaching to the test

Characters:

• 应 - should, must; to respond, to handle; to deal with, to cope
• 试 - to try, to experiment; exam, test
• 教 - school, education
• 育 - to produce, to give birth to; to educate

Traditional characters:

• 應 - should, must; to respond, to handle; to deal with, to cope
• 試 - to try, to experiment; exam, test
• 教 - school, education
• 育 - to produce, to give birth to; to educate