"imperial examination" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: imperial examinations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} imperial examination (plural imperial examinations)
  1. (historical) A civil service examination system in imperial China to select candidates for the state bureaucracy. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Education, History of China Categories (place): China Translations (examination system): 科舉 (Chinese Mandarin), 科举 (kējǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), keisarillinen tutkinto (Finnish), 科挙 (kakyo) (alt: かきょ) (Japanese), 과거 (gwageo) (Korean), آزمون شاهنشاهی (âzmun-e šâhanšâhi) (Persian), khoa cử (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-imperial_examination-en-noun-ru3-A-jm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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