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Meaning of zhuangyuan | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
d͡ʒwɑːŋ.juˈæn

Definitions

  1. Someone who was ranked first class in the palace examination, the highest level of the Chinese imperial examination.
    historical
  2. Someone who places first the in the modern gaokao college entrance examination.

Examples

“Another inscriber who not only received the jinshi degree in 1801 but was the first among the equals, or the zhuangyuan, is Gu Gao (1763-1832).”
“The system had been launched in the early Tang period, when the zhuangyuan had been first on the list of applicants submitted to the emperor.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Zhuangzi Zhuanqukou Zhubei Zhucheng Zhuhai zhuihu

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