Chinese word dictionary

擢第

zhuó dì · to pass the civil service examination (in imperial China)

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Word information

Simplified擢第

Traditional擢第

Pinyinzhuó dì

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

擢zhuó

to pull up, to raise; to select

第dì

sequence, number; grade, degree; particle prefacing an ordinal

How to learn 擢第

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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第一dì yī

first; number one; primary

第一手dìyīshǒu

first-hand

擢升zhuó shēng

to promote (sb); to upgrade; to ascend

拔擢bá zhuó

select the best people for promotion

擢发难数zhuó fà nán shǔ

lit. as difficult to count as hair pulled from sb's head (idiom); fig. innumerable (crimes)

不第bù dì

to fail the civil service examination (in imperial China)