擢第 in English zhuo2 di4 Meaning

Meanings

  • to pass the civil service examination (in imperial China)

Simplified Characters

擢 第

Traditional Characters

擢 第

Pinyin

zhuo2 di4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

擢zhuo2to pull out 第di4(prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc)