会试 (會試)
huì shì
Pinyin

Definition

会试 (會試)
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huì shì
  1. metropolitan examination (imperial civil service examination)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

学会
xué huì
  1. 1 to learn
  2. 2 to master
  3. 3 institute
  4. 4 learned society
  5. 5 (scholarly) association
会
huì
  1. 1 can
  2. 2 to be possible
  3. 3 to be able to
  4. 4 will
  5. 5 to be likely to
  6. 6 to be sure to
  7. 7 to assemble
  8. 8 to meet
  9. 9 to gather
  10. 10 to see
  11. 11 union
  12. 12 group
  13. 13 association
  14. 14 classifier: 个 gè
  15. 15 a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [huǐ])
机会
jī huì
  1. 1 opportunity
  2. 2 chance
  3. 3 occasion
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
测试
cè shì
  1. 1 to test (machinery etc)
  2. 2 to test (students)
  3. 3 test
  4. 4 quiz
  5. 5 exam
  6. 6 beta (software)
试
shì
  1. 1 to test
  2. 2 to try
  3. 3 experiment
  4. 4 examination
  5. 5 test

Idioms (18)

以身试法
yǐ shēn shì fǎ
  1. 1 to challenge the law (idiom)
  2. 2 to knowingly violate the law
及锋而试
jí fēng ér shì
  1. 1 lit. to reach the tip and try (idiom); to have a go when at one's peak
只可意会，不可言传
zhǐ kě yì huì , bù kě yán chuán
  1. 1 can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); mysterious and subtle
可以意会，不可言传
kě yǐ yì huì , bù kě yán chuán
  1. 1 can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); mysterious and subtle
单刀赴会
dān dāo fù huì
  1. 1 lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to go alone into enemy lines

Sample Sentences

古代的科举制度呢，一般来说，分为乡试、会试和殿试。乡试通过后，一般都要有人推荐，才能参加更高一级的考试，所以考试者被叫作举人，比较优秀的人才也被叫作秀才。
gǔdài de kējǔ zhìdù ne ，yībān láishuō ，fēnwéi xiāngshì 、huìshì hé diànshì 。xiāngshì tōngguò hòu ，yībān dōu yào yǒurén tuījiàn ，cáinéng cānjiā gèng gāo yī jí de kǎoshì ，suǒyǐ kǎoshì zhě bèi jiàozuò jǔrén ，bǐjiào yōuxiù de réncái yě bèi jiàozuò xiùcai 。
The ancient examination system, generally speaking, was separated into the provincial level exam, the doctoral exam and the final, imperial exam. After passing the provincial exam, most people would need a person to recommend them in order to continue on and take the higher level exam. Therefore, the people taking the test became known as 'recommended scholars'. People of particularly excellent talent, became known as 'exemplary scholars'.
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