探花

探花
tànhuā

candidate who came third in the Hanlin examination (cf. 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2])

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MEANING2 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

    candidate who came third in the Hanlin examination (cf. 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2])

    • He is this year's third-place laureate in the imperial examination.

  2. verb

    (slang) to secretly film sex with a prostitute to share on the Internet

    • He was arrested for voyeurism.

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A hand reaching into the bushes to search and probe.

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