探花

tàn huā

Dictionary entry

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

What does 探花 mean?

探花 (tàn huā) has the following dictionary meaning.

1candidate who came third in the Hanlin examination (cf. 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2])

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

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探花

tàn huā

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