Vocabulary: 第二章 少年奇才，23岁进士及第
from 帝王师：刘伯温
- 明清x1 | Chapter Rank #2716the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties
- 必备x1 | Chapter Rank #2717essential
- 步骤x2 | Chapter Rank #1318procedure; step
- 第一步x1 | Chapter Rank #2718step one; first step
- 乡试x6 | Chapter Rank #382the triennial provincial imperial exam during the Ming and Qing
- 户籍x1 | Chapter Rank #2719census register; household register
- 所在地x1 | Chapter Rank #2720location; site
- 省城x1 | Chapter Rank #2721provincial capital
- 第二步x1 | Chapter Rank #2722
- 会试x5 | Chapter Rank #474metropolitan examination (imperial civil service examination)
- 录取者x1 | Chapter Rank #2723
- 参加x4 | Chapter Rank #616to participate; to take part; to join
- 主持x2 | Chapter Rank #1319to take charge of; to manage or direct; to preside over; to uphold; to stand for (justice etc); to host (a TV or radio program etc); (TV) anchor
- 第三步x1 | Chapter Rank #2724
- 殿试x1 | Chapter Rank #2725court examination, the top grade imperial exam
- 亲自x1 | Chapter Rank #2726personally; in person; oneself
- 面试x1 | Chapter Rank #2727to be interviewed (as a candidate); interview
- 从优x1 | Chapter Rank #2728preferential treatment; most favored terms
- 劣x1 | Chapter Rank #2729inferior
- 二甲x1 | Chapter Rank #27302nd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 4th place and up)
- 三甲x2 | Chapter Rank #13203rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination; (hospital ranking) A-grade tertiary (the highest level) (abbr. for 三級甲等|三级甲等[san1 ji2 jia3 deng3])
- 三名x1 | Chapter Rank #2731
- 状元x1 | Chapter Rank #2732top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1]; top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3]; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field; leading light
- 榜眼x1 | Chapter Rank #2733candidate who came second in the Han-lin examination; see 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]
- 探花x1 | Chapter Rank #2734candidate who came third in the Hanlin examination (cf. 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]); (slang) to secretly film sex with a prostitute to share on the Internet
- 其他人x1 | Chapter Rank #2735
- 分列x1 | Chapter Rank #2736to divide into rows; to identify subcategories; to break down into constituent parts; breakdown; disaggregation
- 不同x2 | Chapter Rank #1321different; distinct; not the same; not alike
- 朝代x1 | Chapter Rank #2737dynasty; reign (of a king)
- 科举考试x1 | Chapter Rank #2738imperial examinations (in former times)
- 唐代x1 | Chapter Rank #2739Tang dynasty (618–907)
- 重x2 | Chapter Rank #1322to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layerheavy; serious; to attach importance to
- 诗词歌赋x1 | Chapter Rank #2740
- 宋代x1 | Chapter Rank #2741Song dynasty (960-1279)
- 填空x1 | Chapter Rank #2742to fill a job vacancy; to fill in a blank (e.g. on a form, questionnaire or exam paper)
- 政论文x1 | Chapter Rank #2743
- 大体x1 | Chapter Rank #2744in general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole; overall situation; the big picture; cadaver for dissection in training medical students
- 哪个x1 | Chapter Rank #2745which; who
- 强行x3 | Chapter Rank #824to do sth by force; Taiwan pr. [qiang3 xing2]
- 竟然x3 | Chapter Rank #825unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to
- 四书x3 | Chapter Rank #826Four Books, namely: the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子
- 大学x2 | Chapter Rank #1323university; college; CL:所[suo3]the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianism
- 中庸x1 | Chapter Rank #2746the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1]golden mean (Confucianism); (literary) (of person) mediocre; ordinary
- 孟子x1 | Chapter Rank #2747Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius; book of the same name, one of the classics of Confucianism
- 参考书x2 | Chapter Rank #1324reference book
- 朱熹x6 | Chapter Rank #383Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master Zhu 朱子[Zhu1 zi3], Song dynasty Confucian writer and propagandist, founder of neo-Confucianism
- 章句x2 | Chapter Rank #1325
- 集注x2 | Chapter Rank #1326to focus; to concentrate on
- 明清两代x1 | Chapter Rank #2748
- 宝贝x2 | Chapter Rank #1327treasured object; treasure; darling; baby; cowry; good-for-nothing or queer character