candidate who came second in the Han-lin examination
see 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
名詞
即係第二名；源自古代科舉殿試進士第二名嘅稱呼 the second place in an examination; directly derived from the term from court examinations in dynastic China
Definitions (Wiktionary)
noun, historical
second place in the imperial examinations, just below the zhuangyuan
noun, broadly
runner-up
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.) 探花, 對堂