状元

zhuàngyuan

top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); top scorer in college entrance examination 高考; (fig.) the most brilli

noun HSK 3.0 · Band 7 trad. 狀元

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他中了状元。

He became the top scholar.

状元很聪明。

The top scholar is clever.