落第

luòdì
to fail an exam

CEDICT

  1. (archaic) to fail in an imperial examination
  2. (by extension) to fail an exam or test
  3. to fail an exam or test
  4. to fail in an imperial examination

Wiktionary

应试失败，未被录取。唐．白居易〈把酒思閒事〉诗二首之一：「乞钱羁客面，落第举人心。」也作「下第」。

重編國語辭典

  1. 指科举应试失败，未被录取
  2. 留级
  3. 考试、测验不及格

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 落 luò
  1. to fall or drop
  2. (of the sun) to set
  3. (of a tide) to go out
  4. to lower
  5. to decline or sink
  6. to lag or fall behind
  7. to fall onto
  8. to rest with
  9. to get or receive
  10. to write down
  11. whereabouts
  12. settlement
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

Related entries

驳落 bóluò
  1. to peel off
  2. mottled
  3. to fail an exam
  4. to be demoted