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秀才

xiù cái·ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄘㄞˊ

“a talented or gifted scholar; a person of outstanding literary ability; in imperial China, a candidate who passed the county-level civil service examination”

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秀

xiù·ㄒㄧㄡˋ

Elegant; refined; graceful; beautiful; excellent; superior; to grow; to bloom; to produce ears of grain; to show; to perform.

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cái·ㄘㄞˊ

talent; ability; capability; then and only then; just now; only (before a quantity); actually; really