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院试

yuàn shì

2-character word Traditional 院試

What 院试 means

1. the last of the three entry-level exams in the imperial examination system of Ming and Qing dynasties

The characters in 院试

• 院yuàncourtyard; institution
• 试shìto test; to try; experiment

Sounds the same

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

• 院士scholar; academician; fellow (of an academy)

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