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蟾宫折桂
chán gōng zhé guì
What 蟾宫折桂 means
- lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon)
- fig. to succeed in the imperial examination
The characters in 蟾宫折桂
- 蟾chántoad ("chán" represents the sound of its croaking)…
- 宫gōngpalace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment)
- 折zhéto break; to fracture; to snap
- 桂guìcassia; laurel
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