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贡士
gòng shì
What 贡士 means
- oldcandidate who has successfully passed the first grades of the examination system, but not yet the court examination ({殿试|diàn shì})
The characters in 贡士
- 贡gòngto offer tribute; tribute; gifts
- 士shìmember of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor
Sounds the same
Read gòng shì, tone for tone, but written differently.
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