"Grades" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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成绩	chéng jì	achievement / performance records / grades / CL:項\|项[xiang4],個\|个[ge4]
考试成绩	kǎo shì chéng jì	exam results / grades
第	dì	(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just
等而下之	děng ér xià zhī	going from there to lower grades (idiom)
分数挂帅	fēn shù guà shuài	preoccupied with school grades / overemphasis on test scores
负分	fù fēn	negative score / minus (in grades, such as A-)
贡士	gòng shì	(old) candidate who has successfully passed the first grades of the examination system, but not yet the court examination (殿試\|殿试[dian4 shi4])
联接职等	lián jiē zhí děng	linked grades
陪睡	péi shuì	to trade sex for favorable treatment (career advancement, higher grades, rent-free accommodation etc) / to sleep in the same bed as one's child