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Original source entry:
狀元 状元 [zhuang4 yuan2] /top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system)/see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1]/top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3]/(fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field/leading light/Source material and teaching drafts have separate provenance. Long-term commercial licensing remains under review.
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