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榜眼
Mandarin · pinyin bǎng yǎn
Meanings
- candidate who came second in the Han-lin examination
- see 狀元 zhuàng yuán
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3–3 · bang3 yan3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
bong2 ngaan5
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noun
- (historical) second place in the imperial examinations, just below the zhuangyuan
- (by extension) runner-up
- (Philippine Hokkien, dice games) a dice roll of either, three of a kind (with two sets of three dice of the same face) or straight (with all die faces in sequence) in a Mooncake Festival Dice Game
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