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进士

jìn shì

2-character word Traditional 進士

What 进士 means

1. successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination
2. palace graduate

The characters in 进士

• 进jìnto go forward; to advance; to go in
• 士shìmember of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor

Sounds the same

Read jìn shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 近视myopic; nearsighted; (fig.) shortsighted
• 尽是to be full of; completely