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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 7 (est.) · 詞
進士 word · TOCFL 7 (est.)
進士 ＝ 進 ＋ 士
ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄕˋ · jìnshì
noun — a jinshi; one who passed the highest imperial civil-service examination

字源 FORM — what the parts do

進to advance; to enter (前進)jìn
士scholar; gentleman (學士)shì
進士，前進的進，學士的士。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一路考上去（進），最後成了朝廷認可的讀書人（士）。
Climbing exam after exam (進), one finally becomes a scholar (士) the court will appoint.
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科舉kējǔthe exam system that produced them