登科后

登科後
Dēngkē hòu
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 After Passing the Exam, Meng Jiao's poem of joy at passing the imperial examination

Examples

HSK 7-9
Mèng Jiāo sìshíliù suì cái kǎozhòng jìnshì, gāoxìng de xiěxià le 《 Dēngkē hòu 》.
Meng Jiao passed the imperial exam only at forty-six, and in his joy he wrote 'After Passing the Exam'.
HSK 7-9
Chéngyǔ " chūnfēng-déyì " hé " zǒumǎ-guānhuā " dōu chūzì Mèng Jiāo de 《 Dēngkē hòu 》.
The idioms 'riding high on the spring breeze' and 'looking at flowers from horseback' both come from Meng Jiao's 'After Passing the Exam'.

Tips

culture
The whole poem: 昔日龌龊不足夸,今朝放荡思无涯。春风得意马蹄疾,一日看尽长安花。 'The hardships of the past are not worth mentioning; today my thoughts roam free without limit. Riding high on the spring breeze, my horse's hooves fly; in one day I see all the flowers of Chang'an.' 孟郊 passed in 796, after failing twice.

Stroke Order

登 dēng
科 kē
后 hòu