shēng​yuán

imperial student

  • created reference approved 生员/生員 → 秀才 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    生员 / 生員 shēng​yuán

    秀才 xiù​cai

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 生员/生員 · shēng​yuán · imperial student — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    生员 / 生員

    shēng​yuán

    imperial student

    (bound form) a student or candidate in a local government school during the imperial era; specifically refers to those who passed the entry-level civil service exam, commonly known as [[秀才|秀才|xiu4 cai5]]

    生 (literal) → 生 · shēng · student 员 (bound) → 员/員 · yuán · personnel

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

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