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Simplified三甲
Traditional三甲
Pinyinsān jiǎ
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三甲
sān jiǎ · 3rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination; (hospital ranking) A-grade tertiary (the highest level) (abbr. for 三級甲等|三级甲等[san1 ji2 jia3 deng3])
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三sān
surname San; three; 3
甲jiǎfirst of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc); letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; armor plating; shell or carapace; (of the fingers or toes) nail; bladed leather or metal armor (old); ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old); civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
再三zàisānover and over again; again and again
丢三落四diūsān-làsìforgetful; empty-headed
接二连三jiē’èr-liánsān(idiom) one after another; in quick succession
举一反三jǔyī-fǎnsānto raise one and infer three; to deduce many things from one case (idiom)