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n.one who passed the imperial examination at the county level (in the Ming and Qing dynasties); name given to students during the Ming and Qing dynasties who passed the lowest-level imperial examination and were thus eligible to sit provincial-level exams
- zài tài xué děng chǔ xué xí de rén tǒng chēng shēng yuán
  在太学等处学习的人统称生员。
  Those who study in Imperial College and other places are collectively referred to as students.

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