粵

連lin4中zung3三saam1元jyun4

simp连中三元
lin4 zung3 saam1 jyun4lián zhòng sān yuán

English

  1. (old) to rank first in the imperial examinations at the provincial capital, the national capital and the palace successively
  2. to get a first qualification in imperial examinations at provincial, national and palace level successively
  3. (sports etc) to achieve three successes in a row (three matches in a row, three goals in a match etc)
  4. in Chinese history, a person getting first rank in all three levels of the imperial civil service examination : triennial provincial exam, metropolitan exam and court exam ----
  5. soccer jargon; means the same player has goal the third time in a match

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 本義指喺科舉考試入面三級考試全部獲取第一,即係鄉試獲「解元」、會試獲「會元」、同殿試獲「狀元」
  2. 比喻接連獲勝。現代則多用於足球術語,指同一球員喺同一場比賽射入三球

Examples

  • 今晚7號仔狀態大勇,已經連中三元喇,厲害厲害!

    Tonight No.7 is so powerful, it's already his third scores, gorgeous !

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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