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贡士

gòng shì

2-character word Traditional 貢士

What 贡士 means

1. 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.

• 共事to work together

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