狀元 [ㄓㄨㄤˋ ㄩㄢˊ; zhuang4 yuan2] top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) see 榜眼[ㄅㄤˇ ㄧㄢˇ; bang3 yan3] and 探花[ㄊㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚ; tan4 hua1] top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[ㄍㄠ ㄎㄠˇ; gao1 kao3] ◄ ►