Word information
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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