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童生
tóng​shēng

imperial exam candidate

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童生 tóng​shēng
imperial exam candidate
(historical) A scholar during the Ming and Qing dynasties who had not yet passed the entry-level examinations to become a 秀才 xiù​cai

Frequency

Written text
0.113 per million

Cross-References

Classifier

  • 个 gè

Synonym

  • 童子 tóng​zǐ

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)