状元 (zhuàng yuán) is a Chinese word meaning “top 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]”.
Meanings
- 1top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system)
- 2see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1]
- 3top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3]
- 4(fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field
- 5leading light
- Part of speech
- noun