Read Edit View history 不第 bùdì to fail an exam Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 不第 bùdì (also búdì) to fail an exam To fail the imperial civil service examination in old China; more generally, to fail any examination or not be admitted to a school; also written as 落第 luòdì or 下第 xiàdì Edit Delete 不第 bùdì not only (literary) Not only; not just; 不但 bùdàn Edit Delete References Add reference synonym 不第/不第 → 落第/落第 Edit Delete synonym 不第/不第 → 下第/下第 Edit Delete synonym 不第/不第 → 不但/不但 Edit Delete same_as 落第/落第 → 不第/不第 Edit Delete same_as 下第/下第 → 不第/不第 Edit Delete
不第 bùdì (also búdì) to fail an exam To fail the imperial civil service examination in old China; more generally, to fail any examination or not be admitted to a school; also written as 落第 luòdì or 下第 xiàdì Edit Delete