大登科 dàdēngkē to pass the imperial examinations Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 大 dà adjective big big; large; great; vast; high in scale or intensity; (of a person) old; adult登科 dēngkē to pass the imperial exams (literary) to pass the civil service examinations in imperial China; also written as 登第 dēngdì or 及第 jídì