candidate who came third in the Han-lin examination
see 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]
Definitions (Wiktionary)
noun, historical
tanhua; person who came third in the palace examination of the imperial examination system, below zhuangyuan and bangyan
noun, Hokkien, Philippines
a dice roll of either, three of a kind (with two sets of three dice of the same face, except four) or straight (with all die faces in sequence) in a Mooncake Festival Dice Game (syn.) 榜眼, 對堂