gǎn​kǎo

take the imperial exams

  • created sense approved 赶考/趕考 · gǎn​kǎo · take the imperial exams — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    赶考 / 趕考

    gǎn​kǎo

    take the imperial exams

    (of a scholar in former times) to travel to the capital or a provincial center to take the imperial civil service examination

    赶, 考

    赶 (literal) → 赶/趕 · gǎn · to catch 考 (literal) → 考 · kǎo · to test

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  • created sense approved 赶考/趕考 · gǎn​kǎo · take an exam — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    赶考 / 趕考

    gǎn​kǎo

    take an exam

    to go to a location to sit for a major examination

    赶, 考

    赶 (literal) → 赶/趕 · gǎn · to catch 考 (literal) → 考 · kǎo · to test

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

    created sense