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n.place where a provincial or national-level imperial examination was held; examination hall for provincial or metropolitan level examinations in imperial China
- tài xué gòng yuàn hé jì yuàn tóng chǔ yī dì zhì zào le gèng duō míng shì fēng liú de yì shì yě ràng qín huái hé chéng wéi zuì guǎng shòu shì dà fū jì xù de yù wàng de xiàng zhēng
  太学、贡院和妓院同处一地，制造了更多名士风流的轶事，也让秦淮河成为最广受士大夫记叙的欲望的象徵。
  The fact that the imperial academy, examination halls and prostitution quarters existed side by side made the Qinhuai River a symbol of desire, as was widely recorded by the gentry-literati.

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