不第

bù dì

Dictionary entry

to fail the civil service examination (in imperial China)

What does 不第 mean?

不第 (bù dì) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to fail the civil service examination (in imperial China)

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不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-第dì(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth") · (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed

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不第

bù dì

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