Word Detail

状元
zhuàng yuán
top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system), see 眼 and 花, top scorer in college entrance examination 考, (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field, leading light
HSK 7-9 (v3.0)

Examples

考中状元。
Kǎozhòng zhuàngyuán.
Come first in the imperial examination.
行行出状元。
Hángháng chū zhuàngyuán.
Every profession produces its own leading authority.