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

應試失敗，未被錄取。唐．白居易〈把酒思閒事〉詩二首之一：「乞錢羈客面，落第舉人心。」也作「下第」。

重編國語辭典

  1. 指科舉應試失敗，未被錄取
  2. 留級
  3. 考試、測驗不及格

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

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