一甲 yī jiǎ

DEFINITIONS

  1. 1st rank or top three candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2], 榜眼[bang3 yan3], and 探花[tan4 hua1], respectively)

CHARACTERS

一 yī
HSK 1
one; a, an; alone
甲 jiǎ
HSK 5
armor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem