不第 in English bu4 di4 Meaning

Meanings

  • to fail the civil service examination (in imperial China)

Simplified Characters

不 第

Traditional Characters

不 第

Pinyin

bu4 di4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

不bu4(negative prefix) 第di4(prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc)