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Introducing the idiom 「桂林杏苑」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.
In ancient times, the provincial examinations were held in the eighth month of the lunar calendar, and those who passed the examination were called “zhegui”; the metropolitan examinations were held in the third month of the lunar calendar, and those who passed the examination were called “tanxing”. Therefore, it refers to the provincial examination and the metropolitan examination.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
guì lín xìng yuàn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gwai3 lam4 hang6 yun2
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