进士

Traditional form:

進士

Pinyin (reading):

jìnshì

Definitions:

• successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination
• palace graduate

Characters:

• 进 - to advance, to make progress; to come in, to enter
• 士 - scholar, gentleman; soldier

Traditional characters:

• 進 - to advance, to make progress; to come in, to enter
• 士 - scholar, gentleman; soldier