HanTrace

状元

zhuàngyuan

Meaning

  • top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system)
  • top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3]
  • (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field
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  • leading light
  • see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1]

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Not to be confused with: 庄园 (zhuāngyuán, manor)