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Change log entry 56567
Processed by: ycandau (2015-03-12 17:19:10 GMT)
Comment: << review queue entry 52358 - submitted by 'goldyn_chyld' >>
1. not necessarily 'imperial'
2. Sun Shan is a name

GF: 宋范公偁《过庭录》记载:孙山考取最后一名回乡,有人向他询问自己的儿子考中了没有,他回答说“解(jiè)名尽处是孙山,贤郎更在孙山外”。后用“名落孙山”作为没有考取的委婉说法。

M: 孙山:人名。宋吳人,滑稽有才。
Diff:
- 名落孫山 名落孙山 [ming2 luo4 sun1 shan1] /(idiom) to fail in imperial exam/
+ 名落孫山 名落孙山 [ming2 luo4 Sun1 Shan1] /lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[Sun1 Shan1] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom)/fig. to fail an exam/to fall behind (in a competition)/
+ 孫山 孙山 [Sun1 Shan1] /Sun Shan, Song Dynasty joker and talented scholar/
By MDBG 2024
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