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進士
简 进士 · 繁 進士Mandarin · pinyin jìn shì
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- successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination
- palace graduate
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4–4 · jin4 shi4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
zeon3 si6
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noun
- (historical) “advanced” or “entered graduate”, a scholar who had successfully passed the highest level of the Chinese imperial examinations (殿試), usually held triennially at the imperial court
- (Philippine Hokkien, dice games) a four of a kind dice roll (with four faces of any of the same number, except four) in a Mooncake Festival Dice Game
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