折桂 zhéguì
zhéguì
verb
to win the laurels; to pass an imperial examination; to win a championship
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '折桂'; Guoyu '折桂'; Mathews 1931 '折桂', p. 32)
Contained in
- 蟾宫折桂(蟾宮折桂) plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon)
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- 卷二百〇三 列傳第九十一 鄭岳 劉玉 汪元錫 寇天敍 唐冑 潘珍 李中 歐陽鐸 陶諧 潘塤 呂經 歐陽重 朱裳 陳察 孫懋 王儀 曾鈞 Volume 203 Biographies 91: Zheng Yue, Liu Yu, Wang Yuanxi, Kou Tianxu, Tang Zhou, Pan Zhen, Li Zhong, Ōu Yangduo, Tao Xie, Pan Xun, Lu Jing, Ōu Yangzhong, Zhu Chang, Chen Cha, Sun Mao, Wang Yi, Ceng Jun History of Ming 明史 — count: 3
- 卷一百九十 列傳第七十七: 儒學二 Volume 190 Biographies 77: Confucian Scholars 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 1
- 卷五十五 列傳第四十九 豫章王綜 武陵王紀 臨賀王正德 河東王譽 Volume 55: Zong, Prince of Yuzhang; Ji, Prince of Wuling; Zhengde, Prince of Linhe; Yu, Prince of Hedong Book of Liang 梁書 — count: 1
Collocations
- 折桂等 (折桂等) 許折桂等突入波羅廟 — History of Ming 明史, 卷二百〇三 列傳第九十一 鄭岳 劉玉 汪元錫 寇天敍 唐冑 潘珍 李中 歐陽鐸 陶諧 潘塤 呂經 歐陽重 朱裳 陳察 孫懋 王儀 曾鈞 Volume 203 Biographies 91: Zheng Yue, Liu Yu, Wang Yuanxi, Kou Tianxu, Tang Zhou, Pan Zhen, Li Zhong, Ōu Yangduo, Tao Xie, Pan Xun, Lu Jing, Ōu Yangzhong, Zhu Chang, Chen Cha, Sun Mao, Wang Yi, Ceng Jun — count: 2