探花

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Chinese

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to explore; to search out; to scout
to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit
 
flower; blossom; to spend
flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
 
trad. (探花)
simp. #(探花)
Literally: “flower snatcher”.
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Noun

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探花

  1. (historical) tanhua; person who came third in the palace examination of the imperial examination system, below zhuangyuan and bangyan
  2. (Philippine Hokkien, dice games) a dice roll of either, three of a kind (with two sets of three dice of the same face, except four) or straight (with all die faces in sequence) in a Mooncake Festival Dice Game
    Synonyms: 對堂对堂 (duìtáng), 榜眼 (bǎngyǎn)

Verb

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探花

  1. (slang) to secretly film sex with a prostitute to share on the Internet

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