zhuangyuan /d͡ʒwɑːŋ.juˈæn/ noun2 •Someone who places first the in the modern gaokao college entrance examination. •(historical) Someone who was ranked first class in the palace examination, the highest level of the Chinese imperial examination.Another inscriber who not only received the jinshi degree in 1801 but was the first among the equals, or the zhuangyuan, is Gu Gao (1763-1832). — 1998
