to enter the prefecture school under the imperial examination system
Definitions (Wiktionary)
verb
to progress in one's studies; (historical) to pass the lowest level of civil-service examinations; to enter the prefecture school under the imperial examination system
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
（沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
为了改进学生的学习态度，学校让他们晚一个小时来上课。
為了改進學生的學習態度，學校讓他們晚一個小時來上課。
wèi le gǎi jìn xué sheng de xué xí tài du ， xué xiào ràng tā men wǎn yí gè xiǎo shí lái shàng kè 。
In order to improve the students' attitude to their studies, the school let them start class an hour later.