状元
Traditional form:
狀元
Pinyin (reading):
zhuàngyuán
Definitions:
- top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system)
- see 榜眼 (bǎngyǎn) and 探花 (tànhuā)
- top scorer in college entrance examination 高考 (gāokǎo)
- (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field
- leading light
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