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Definitions2 characters
san1 yuan2
(old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial jie⁴ yuan², metropolitan and hui⁴ yuan² and palace and zhuang⁴ yuan²
Usage•••frequent
Pronunciations

As word

1
san1
(old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元 [jie4 yuan2], metropolitan 會元|会元 [hui4 yuan2] and palace 狀元|状元 [zhuang4 yuan2]
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yuan2
(old) first place in civil service examinations at three levels: provincial 解元 [jie4 yuan2], metropolitan 會元|会元 [hui4 yuan2] and palace 狀元|状元 [zhuang4 yuan2]