dà​sān​yuán

triple crown

  • created sense approved 大三元 · dà​sān​yuán · triple crown — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大三元

    dà​sān​yuán

    triple crown

    (literary) collective name for the highest-ranking graduates of the three levels of imperial examinations in ancient China, specifically the [[解元|解元|jie4 yuan2]], [[会元|會元|hui4 yuan2]], and [[状元|狀元|zhuang4 yuan2]]

    大 (literal) → 大 · dà · big 三元 (literal) → 三元 · sān​yuán · top honors in the three examinations

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  • created sense approved 大三元 · dà​sān​yuán · Big Three Dragons — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大三元

    dà​sān​yuán

    Big Three Dragons

    A winning hand in mahjong containing triplets or quadruplets of all three dragon tiles: [[红中|紅中|hong2 zhong1]], [[青发|青發|qing1 fa1]], and [[白板|白板|bai2 ban3]]

    大 (literal) → 大 · dà · big 三元 (literal) → 三元 · sān​yuán · top honors in the three examinations

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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