àn shǒudictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
candidate who ranked 1st in imperial examination on prefecture or county level (in Ming and Qing dynasties)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

案首 案首 [an4 shou3] /candidate who ranked 1st in imperial examination on prefecture or county level (in Ming and Qing dynasties)/

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Character information

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  • 案
    àn

    (legal) case / incident / record / file / table

  • 首
    shǒu

    head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc

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