状元
word C2- 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]
- (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field
- leading light
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点了一本戏，是梁灏八十岁中状元的故事。
顾老相公为这戏，心里还不大喜欢，落后戏文内唱到梁灏的学生却是十七八岁就中了状元，顾老相公知道是替他儿子发兆，方才喜了。
听说他还对母亲极口夸奖我，说『小小年纪便有见识，将来一定要中状元。
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