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thám hoa

Pronunciation Northern /tʰaːm˧˥ hwaː˧˧/ Central /tʰa̰ːm˩˧ hwaː˧˥/ Southern /tʰaːm˧˥ hwaː˧˧/
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third-place scholar
Noun
third-place scholar
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Meaning
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third-place scholar Discourse & LogicTheme

A person who achieved the third highest rank in the traditional imperial examinations of the past.

vi Ông cụ tổ của tôi từng đỗ thám hoa.

en My great-grandfather once achieved the rank of third-place scholar.

Parts
thám / hoa / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 探花 …

OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 探花

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
探花
Candidates by syllable
thám hoa
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
thảm hoạ / thám hiểm / thám sát / thám mã …
Use
thám tử / do thám / tuần thám / bóng thám không …
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