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三及第
  saam1 kap6 dai6   jyutping
  san1 ji2 di4   pinyin
[1] [] a literary form, fusion of three styles: literary Chinese 文言文, vernacular Chinese 白話文 and Cantonese dialect
[2] [] congee with pig's liver and kidneys | also known as 及第粥
[3] [] a woefully cooked pot of rice: the top part is not properly cooked, the middle is fine, and the bottom is burnt (which is where the three layers come from)
[4] [] one puts on three different lengths of clothes in the same place, which reveals the longer two, a pun on
[5] [archaic] come out first at all the three levels of the imperial examinations held at the provincial capital, national capital and the palace | full version:

noun

Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
三及第

This word has been viewed 2340 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 12th Nov 2007 07:45 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 saam1 saam3  -  three; several
 kap6 gap6  -  and; with; reach; catch up with
 dai6  -  sequence; number; grade; degree
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