登第

dēngdì
  1. (archaic) to pass the civil service examinations (in imperial times)
  2. to pass the civil service examinations (in imperial times)

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 登 dēng
  1. to scale (a height)
  2. to ascend
  3. to mount
  4. to publish or record
  5. to enter (e.g. in a register)
  6. to press down with the foot
  7. to step or tread on
  8. to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect)
  9. to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
2 第 dì
  1. (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 dìliù "sixth")
  2. (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed
  3. (old) residence of a high official
  4. (literary) but; however
  5. (literary) only; just