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title conferred on the person who gained third place in the highest imperial examination of the Ming and Qing dynasties; number three in national civil examinations (in feudal China)

Words with tan hua

tàn huā

探 花

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n.datedtitle conferred on the person who gained third place in the highest imperial examination of the Ming and Qing dynasties; number three in national civil examinations (in feudal China)
- gǔ dài de xiù cai zuì xiǎng dāng de bù shì zhuàng yuan ér shì tàn huā yīn wèi tàn huā yāo qiú zhǎng dé hǎo kàn
  古代的秀才最想当的不是状元而是探花，因为探花要求长得好看。
  The ancient talents most wanted to be not the champion but the tanhua, because tanhua required good-looking.

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