to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)
三甲
sān jiǎ
3rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination / (hospital ranking) A-grade tertiary (the highest level) (abbr. for 三級甲等|三级甲等[san1 ji2 jia3 deng3])
海选
hǎi xuǎn
(in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition
中央党校
Zhōng yāng Dǎng xiào
Central Party School, China's highest institution specifically for training Party cadres, founded in 1933
(old) highest administrative post in border areas / governor of a march
斯科费尔峰
Sī kē fèi ěr Fēng
Scafell Pike, the highest mountain in England (978 m)
榜单
bǎng dān
list of successful applicants for college admission / list of people or entities ranked highest according to some metric
专八
zhuān bā
TEM-8 or Test for English Majors-Band 8, highest level proficiency test for English major students in PRC (abbr. for 英語專業八級考試|英语专业八级考试[Ying1 yu3 Zhuan1 ye4 Ba1 ji2 Kao3 shi4])
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