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春闱

chūn wéi

2-character word Traditional 春闈

What 春闱 means

1. metropolitan civil service examination (held triennially in spring in imperial times)
2. Crown Prince's chambers
3. by extension, the Crown Prince

The characters in 春闱

• 春chūnspring (season); gay; joyful
• 闱wéidoor to women's room; gate to palace

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