落第

Chinese

to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind (ordinal prefix); ‑th; rank
trad. (落第)
simp. #(落第)

Pronunciation


Verb

落第

  1. (archaic) to fail in an imperial examination
  2. (by extension) to fail an exam or test
  3. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) to repeat a grade in school

Synonyms

  • (to fail in an imperial examination): 下第 (xiàdì)
  • (to repeat a grade):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
らく
Grade: 3
だい
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) くだい [ràkúdáí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ɾa̠kɯ̟da̠i]

Noun

(らく)(だい) • (rakudai

  1. failure (in an examination)
  2. failure (to advance to the next grade or graduate from school)

Antonyms

See also

Verb

(らく)(だい)する • (rakudai surusuru (stem (らく)(だい) (rakudai shi), past (らく)(だい)した (rakudai shita))

  1. to fail an examination or test
  2. to fail to advance to the next grade or graduate from school

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